SK Ulsan Refinery

SK Ulsan Refinery is a refinery in South Korea with a reported capacity of 781,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by SK Inc. By capacity it ranks #1 of 9 oil refineries tracked in South Korea. It emits about 7,295,436 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,700,568 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 11% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753673.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 781,000 BBL per day, SK Ulsan Refinery é bem acima de a mediana de refinery em South Korea (256,000 BBL per day). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 65% 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 7,295,436 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 South Korea

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

Operator

Operated by SK Inc. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

SK Ulsan Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 35.5°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 #1 largest of 9 oil refineries in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• SK geo centric, Ulsan · Petrochemical · 1,166,343 t CO₂
• KPIC Onsan Plant, Ulsan · Petrochemical · 1,220,591 t CO₂
• S-Oil Ulsan, Ulsan · Petrochemical
• S-Oil Onsan Refinery · Refinery · 6,196,517 t CO₂
• S-Oil Onsan Condensate Splitter · Refinery · 470,625 t CO₂
• Moorim Paper Co. Ltd - Moorim P&P · Pulp & Paper Mill · 135,954 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.50091, 129.34926. View on OpenStreetMap.

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