Refinery in South Korea. Approximate location 37.5074, 126.66033.
RefinerySouth KoreaCO₂ reported
SK Incheon Condensate Splitter is a refinery in South Korea with a reported capacity of 93,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by SK Inc. By capacity it ranks #8 of 9 oil refineries tracked in South Korea. It emits about 527,326 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 122,920 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 33% below the median refinery.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-712779.
На мощности 93,000 BBL per day SK Incheon Condensate Splitter — это ниже медианная refinery в South Korea (256,000 BBL per day). 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.
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.
Reported capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by SK Inc. All facilities by this operator →
SK Incheon Condensate Splitter sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 37.5°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #8 largest of 9 oil refineries in South Korea by reported capacity.
Coordinates 37.5074, 126.66033. View on OpenStreetMap.
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.
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 37,000 MWh/yr (≈ 7,400 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.
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.
Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:
Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.
SK Incheon Condensate Splitter is a refinery in South Korea. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.
SK Incheon Condensate Splitter has a reported capacity of 93,000 BBL per day.
SK Incheon Condensate Splitter emits about 527,326 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 122,920 cars. That ranks #33 among tracked facilities in South Korea.
SK Incheon Condensate Splitter is in South Korea, near coordinates 37.5074, 126.66033.
SK Incheon Condensate Splitter is operated by SK Inc.
