Par Pacific Tacoma Refinery

Par Pacific Tacoma Refinery is a refinery in United States with a reported capacity of 40,700 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Par Pacific Holdings Inc. By capacity it ranks #97 of 134 oil refineries tracked in United States. It emits about 282,346 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 65,815 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 18% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753359.

В контексте: как это предприятие сравнивается

На мощности 40,700 BBL per day Par Pacific Tacoma Refinery — это ниже медианная refinery в United States (93,500 BBL per day). Его выброс CO₂ на единицу мощности примерно на 28% ниже медианной refinery. Подсектор: oil-and-gas-refining. Как refinery, оно требует высокотемпературного технологического тепла (обычно 200–600°C) для основных промышленных операций — тепла, которое должно подаваться котлами, печами или прямым сжиганием, и потери через неизолированные сосуды и трубопроводы представляют потраченное впустую топливо. Съёмная модульная теплоизоляция может снизить эти потери на 80–96%, охладив поверхность оборудования до ≤45°C, с окупаемостью часто менее 2 лет. Нефтеперерабатывающие заводы нагревают, фракционируют и химически преобразуют сырую нефть в топливо и нефтехимическое сырьё путём энергоёмкой дистилляции и крекинга — чрезвычайно требовательны к генерации пара и рекуперации тепла.

Сравнение производительности и интенсивности CO₂ рассчитано на основе данных промышленных объектов Climate TRACE; роль сектора основана на инженерных справочниках.

What 282,346 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 United States

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

Operator

Operated by Par Pacific Holdings Inc. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Par Pacific Tacoma Refinery sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 47.3°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 #97 largest of 134 oil refineries in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• GEORGIA-PACIFIC GYPSUM LLC · Metals Plant · 39,504 t CO₂
• Graymont Western Us Inc · Lime Plant · 42,729 t CO₂
• GRAYMONT WESTERN US INC · Metals Plant · 22 t CO₂
• Pacific Fresh Premium Meat · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Oregon Trail Jerky West · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Black Fleet Brewing · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 47.25579, -122.39713. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A refinery like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: crude & vacuum distillation columns, fired heaters, heat exchangers, steam lines, valves & flanges (surface/process temperatures around 150–550 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 34,000 MWh/yr (≈ 6,700 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

United States: funding & obligation

Funding. Investment tax credit up to 30% of qualified investment incl. industrial decarbonization; open to small/medium/large manufacturers.

Obligation. None at federal level (voluntary). Some states have their own programs. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we don't hold this site's metered energy use).

Verified 2026; confirm current scheme terms before applying.

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