Petronas Methanol Complex (PML)

Petronas Methanol Complex (PML) is a chemical plant in Malaysia with a reported capacity of 2,330,000 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by PETRONAS Chemicals Group Bhd. By capacity it ranks #1 of 3 chemical plants tracked in Malaysia. It emits about 777,637 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 181,267 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257164.

В контексте: как это предприятие сравнивается

На мощности 2,330,000 t of chemical Petronas Methanol Complex (PML) — это примерно медианная chemical plant в Malaysia (2,281,500 t of chemical). Подсектор: chemicals. Как chemical plant, оно требует высокотемпературного технологического тепла (обычно 100–500°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. Химические заводы производят широкий спектр промышленных и специальных химикатов, многие из которых требуют точного контроля температуры и постоянного теплоснабжения для реакций и разделений.

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

What 777,637 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 chemical plants in Malaysia

Reported capacity (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by PETRONAS Chemicals Group Bhd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Petronas Methanol Complex (PML) sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 5.2°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 3 chemical plants in Malaysia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• MYS-Labuan_methanol · Chemical Plant · 761,451 t CO₂
• Hengyi Pulau Muara Besar Refinery · Refinery · 2,360,689 t CO₂
• Brunei Methanol Company · Chemical Plant · 283,688 t CO₂
• BSP Brunei Refinery · Refinery · 40,063 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 5.24915, 115.2419. View on OpenStreetMap.

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