NOC El-Brega Refinery

NOC El-Brega Refinery is a refinery in Libya with a reported capacity of 10,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by National Oil Corp. By capacity it ranks #5 of 5 oil refineries tracked in Libya. It emits about 53,535 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 12,479 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 37% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144013.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

10,000 BBL per day'de, NOC El-Brega Refinery Libya'daki refinery'lerin medyanı altında 20,000 BBL per day'dir. Alt sektör: oil-and-gas-refining. refinery olarak, temel endüstriyel işlemleri için yoğun proses ısısı (tipik olarak 200–600°C) gerektirir — kazanlar, fırınlar veya doğrudan yanma ile sağlanması gereken ısı, ve izolasyon yapılmamış kaplar ve boruların kayıpları harcanan yakıtı temsil eder. Modüler çıkarılabilir yalıtım bu kayıpları %80–96 oranında azaltabilir, yüzeyleri ≤45°C'ye soğutabilir, geri ödeme süresi genellikle 2 yıldan azdır. Rafineriler, enerji yoğun destilasyon ve kraking yoluyla ham petrolü yakıtlara ve petrokimya hammaddelerine ısıtır, fraksiyonlar ve kimyasal olarak dönüştürür — buhar üretimi ve ısı geri kazanımı için son derece taleplidir.

Kapasite ve CO₂ yoğunluğu karşılaştırması Climate TRACE endüstriyel tesis verilerinden hesaplanmıştır; sektör rolü mühendislik referansına dayanmaktadır.

What 53,535 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 Libya

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

Operator

Operated by National Oil Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

NOC El-Brega Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 30.4°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 #5 largest of 5 oil refineries in Libya by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• NOC Ras Lanuf Refinery · Refinery
• National Oil Company Ras Lanuf, Ras Lanuf · Petrochemical · 379,925 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.41411, 19.57931. View on OpenStreetMap.

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