Valero Wilmington Refinery

Valero Wilmington Refinery is a refinery in United States with a reported capacity of 85,000 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 #70 of 134 oil refineries tracked in United States. It emits about 1,111,802 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 259,161 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 55% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753334.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

85,000 BBL per day'de, Valero Wilmington Refinery United States'daki refinery'lerin medyanı yaklaşık 93,500 BBL per day'dir. Kapasite başına CO₂'si refinery'nin medyanı üstünde kabaca 35%'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 1,111,802 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 Wilmington Refinery sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 33.8°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 #70 largest of 134 oil refineries in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• AIR PRODUCTS WILMINGTON HYDROGEN PLANT · Chemical Plant · 688,237 t CO₂
• Gold Bond - LGB Plant · Metals Plant · 37,117 t CO₂
• Juanita'S Foods · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Lineage Logistics Pfs, Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Valero Wilmington Asphalt Plant Refinery · Refinery · 43,705 t CO₂
• Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery - Carson Plant · Chemical Plant · 290,529 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 33.77905, -118.23366. View on OpenStreetMap.

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