Shell Scotford Refinery

Shell Scotford Refinery is a refinery in Canada with a reported capacity of 114,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Shell PLC. By capacity it ranks #8 of 18 oil refineries tracked in Canada. It emits about 1,502,934 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 350,334 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 56% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143775.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 114,000 BBL per day, Shell Scotford Refinery é em torno de a mediana de refinery em Canada (112,000 BBL per day). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 32% acima de a mediana de refinery. Subsetor: oil-and-gas-refining. Como refinery, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 200–600°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 refinarias aquecem, fracionam e transformam quimicamente o petróleo bruto em combustíveis e matérias-primas petroquímicas através de destilação e craqueamento que consomem muita energia — extremamente exigentes em geração de vapor e recuperação de 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 1,502,934 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 oil refineries in Canada

Reported capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Shell PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Shell Scotford Refinery sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 53.8°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 #8 largest of 18 oil refineries in Canada by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Redwater Fertilizer · Chemical Plant · 1,837,394 t CO₂
• North West Redwater Partnership Sturgeon Refinery · Refinery · 525,573 t CO₂
• Dow Chemical Co. Ft. , Fort Saskatchewan,Alberta · Petrochemical · 1,827,497 t CO₂
• Imperial Oil Strathcona Refinery · Refinery · 1,955,920 t CO₂
• Fort Saskatchewan Nickel Cobalt Ore A-G Refinery · Chemical Plant · 249,361 t CO₂
• Edmonton Plant · Other Manufacturing · 18,605 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 53.80137, -113.08992. View on OpenStreetMap.

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