Sonatrach Skikda, Skikda

Sonatrach Skikda, Skikda is a petrochemical in Algeria with a reported capacity of 130,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Sonatrach SpA. It emits about 149,667 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 34,887 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 14% below the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-732012.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 130,000 t of ethylene, Sonatrach Skikda, Skikda é em torno de a mediana de petrochemical em Algeria (130,000 t of ethylene). 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 149,667 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.

Operator

Operated by Sonatrach SpA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Sonatrach Skikda, Skikda sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 36.9°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Sonatrach Skikda Refinery · Refinery · 3,319,868 t CO₂
• Sonatrach Skikda Condensate Refinery · Refinery · 553,039 t CO₂
• Bekkouche Lakhdar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 268,328 t CO₂
• Didouche Mourad Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 239,687 t CO₂
• Algerian Qatari Steel Jijel plant · Steel Plant · 908,258 t CO₂
• Sider El Hadjar Annaba steel plant · Steel Plant · 951,644 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.88108, 6.95745. View on OpenStreetMap.

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