Sonatrach Skikda Refinery

Sonatrach Skikda Refinery is a refinery in Algeria with a reported capacity of 332,260 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Sonatrach SpA. By capacity it ranks #1 of 6 oil refineries tracked in Algeria. It emits about 3,319,868 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 773,862 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 18% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143716.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

332,260 BBL per day'de, Sonatrach Skikda Refinery Algeria'daki refinery'lerin medyanı çok üstünde 75,513 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 3,319,868 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 Algeria

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

Operator

Operated by Sonatrach SpA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Sonatrach Skikda Refinery sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 36.9°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 6 oil refineries in Algeria by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Sonatrach Skikda Condensate Refinery · Refinery · 553,039 t CO₂
• Sonatrach Skikda, Skikda · Petrochemical · 149,667 t CO₂
• Bekkouche Lakhdar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 268,328 t CO₂
• Didouche Mourad Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 239,687 t CO₂
• Sider El Hadjar Annaba steel plant · Steel Plant · 951,644 t CO₂
• Algerian Qatari Steel Jijel plant · Steel Plant · 908,258 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.87311, 6.97438. View on OpenStreetMap.

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