Shell Nederland Chemie BV , Moerdijk

Shell Nederland Chemie BV , Moerdijk is a petrochemical in Netherlands with a reported capacity of 910,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Shell PLC. By capacity it ranks #3 of 3 petrochemical plants tracked in Netherlands. It emits about 1,336,848 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 311,620 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 9% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648367.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 910,000 t of ethylene, Shell Nederland Chemie BV , Moerdijk é abaixo de a mediana de petrochemical em Netherlands (1,310,000 t of ethylene). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 13% acima de a mediana de petrochemical. Subsetor: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Como petrochemical, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 300–800°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As plantas petroquímicas craquean hidrocarbonetos em temperaturas muito altas para produzir etileno, propileno e outros produtos químicos básicos — um dos processos industriais mais intensivos em calor.

Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.

What 1,336,848 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest petrochemical plants in Netherlands

Reported capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Shell PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Shell Nederland Chemie BV , Moerdijk sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.7°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 3 petrochemical plants in Netherlands by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Cnc Grondstoffen Bv · Food & Beverage · 277,340 t CO₂
• Suiker Unie (Dinteloord) · Food & Beverage · 130,340 t CO₂
• Frieslandcampina Oud Gastel · Food & Beverage · 53,800 t CO₂
• Sime Darby Unimills B.V. · Food & Beverage · 46,589 t CO₂
• Unilever Nederland Foods Factories Bv · Food & Beverage · 46,589 t CO₂
• Shell Pernis Refinery · Refinery · 5,007,588 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.6822, 4.56971. View on OpenStreetMap.

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