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oil refineries worldwide

A directory of 728 oil refineries across 110 countries — processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. Capacity, owner, location and CO₂ from open data.

728oil refineries
110countries
630with CO₂ estimate
913.3M tCO₂e/yr total

Top countries by number of oil refineries

China: 148 facilities148ChinaUnited States: 134 facilities134United Sta…Russian Federation: 38 facilities38Russian Fe…India: 22 facilities22IndiaJapan: 21 facilities21JapanCanada: 18 facilities18CanadaGermany: 14 facilities14GermanyIraq: 14 facilities14IraqBrazil: 13 facilities13BrazilItaly: 11 facilities11Italy

Facility counts, Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Browse oil refineries by country

China 148United States 134Russian Federation 38India 22Japan 21Canada 18Germany 14Iraq 14Brazil 13Italy 11Iran 10Saudi Arabia 10Egypt 9Nigeria 9South Korea 9Spain 9Argentina 8Indonesia 8France 7Malaysia 7Mexico 7United Arab Emirates 7Algeria 6Thailand 6Ukraine 6United Kingdom 6Australia 5Libya 5Netherlands 5Pakistan 5Peru 5Türkiye 5Belgium 4Colombia 4Ghana 4Greece 4Kazakhstan 4Kuwait 4Romania 4South Africa 4Albania 3Chile 3Cuba 3Ecuador 3Oman 3Qatar 3Singapore 3Sweden 3Taiwan 3Uzbekistan 3Venezuela 3Angola 2Belarus 2Bolivia 2Brunei Darussalam 2Croatia 2Czechia 2Denmark 2Israel 2Morocco 2Norway 2Philippines 2Poland 2Portugal 2Sudan 2Turkmenistan 2Vietnam 2Yemen 2Afghanistan 1Austria 1Azerbaijan 1Bahrain 1Bangladesh 1Bosnia and Herzegovina 1Bulgaria 1Cameroon 1Chad 1Congo 1Costa Rica 1Curaçao 1Côte d'Ivoire 1Dominican Republic 1El Salvador 1Finland 1Gabon 1Hungary 1Ireland 1Jamaica 1Jordan 1Kenya 1Laos 1Liberia 1Lithuania 1Martinique 1New Zealand 1Nicaragua 1Niger 1North Macedonia 1Papua New Guinea 1Paraguay 1Senegal 1Serbia 1Slovakia 1Sri Lanka 1Suriname 1Switzerland 1Trinidad and Tobago 1Tunisia 1Uruguay 1Zambia 1

Tap a country to see its oil refineries — 110 countries.

Additional source-backed facilities

Included for registry, ownership or source-record evidence even where a comparable emissions or capacity value is unavailable.

Largest oil refineries

#FacilityCountryBBL per day
1RPL (Reliance Petroleum Limited) Jamnagar RefineryIndia1,369,000
2PDVSA Paraguana Refinery ComplexVenezuela955,000
3Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company Al-Ruwais RefineryUnited Arab Emirates837,000
4ZPC Zhejiang Rongsheng RefineryChina800,000
5SK Ulsan RefinerySouth Korea781,000
6GS-Caltex Yeosu RefinerySouth Korea744,000
7Dangote Petroleum RefineryNigeria650,000
8Motiva Port Arthur RefineryUnited States640,500
9Marathon Galveston Bay RefineryUnited States633,000
10KIPIC Al-Zour RefineryKuwait615,000
11Exxonmobil Beaumont RefineryUnited States612,000
12Marathon Garyville RefineryUnited States606,000
13ExxonMobil Singapore RefinerySingapore592,000
14Exxonmobil Baytown RefineryUnited States564,440
15Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura RefinerySaudi Arabia550,000

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Frequently asked questions

How many oil refineries are there worldwide?
728 oil refineries across 110 countries are tracked in this open dataset.
Which country has the most oil refineries?
China — 148 oil refineries.
What is the largest refinery?
RPL (Reliance Petroleum Limited) Jamnagar Refinery in India, by listed capacity.
How much CO₂ do these oil refineries emit?
Together about 913,269,780 tonnes of CO₂e per year from facilities with emission estimates.
Where does the data come from?
Climate TRACE v6 — asset-level capacity and CO₂e emissions (CC BY 4.0).