YASREF Yanbu Refinery

YASREF Yanbu Refinery is a refinery in Saudi Arabia with a reported capacity of 400,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by China Petrochemical Corp. By capacity it ranks #6 of 10 oil refineries tracked in Saudi Arabia. It emits about 3,444,326 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 802,873 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753774.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 400,000 BBL per day, YASREF Yanbu Refinery é em torno de a mediana de refinery em Saudi Arabia (400,000 BBL per day). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 18% abaixo 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 3,444,326 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 Saudi Arabia

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

Operator

Operated by China Petrochemical Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

YASREF Yanbu Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 24.0°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 #6 largest of 10 oil refineries in Saudi Arabia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Saudi Aramco Yanbu Refinery · Refinery · 2,412,932 t CO₂
• Yanbu National Petrochemical Company (Yansab), Yanbu, · Petrochemical · 1,855,025 t CO₂
• SAMREF Yanbu Refinery · Refinery · 4,196,403 t CO₂
• Yanbu Petrochemical Co. (Yanpet), Yanbu, · Petrochemical · 2,150,754 t CO₂
• Al Nabah Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 3,461,521 t CO₂
• Petro Rabigh, Rabigh, · Petrochemical · 2,316,872 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 23.96042, 38.28283. View on OpenStreetMap.

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