Valero Three Rivers Refinery

Valero Three Rivers Refinery is a refinery in United States with a reported capacity of 89,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Valero Energy Corp. By capacity it ranks #66 of 134 oil refineries tracked in United States. It emits about 796,196 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 185,593 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 6% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753330.

В контексте: как это предприятие сравнивается

На мощности 89,000 BBL per day Valero Three Rivers Refinery — это примерно медианная refinery в United States (93,500 BBL per day). Его выброс CO₂ на единицу мощности примерно на 7% 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 796,196 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 Valero Energy Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Valero Three Rivers Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 28.5°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 #66 largest of 134 oil refineries in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Dean & Peeler Meatworks · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Poteet Country Winery, Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Lyssy & Walker Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Texas Southwind Vineyard And Winery, Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Steel Dynamics Sinton plant · Steel Plant · 429,063 t CO₂
• LyondellBasell Industries, Corpus Christi, Tex. · Petrochemical · 1,439,616 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 28.45921, -98.18827. View on OpenStreetMap.

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