YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery

YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery is a refinery in Bolivia with a reported capacity of 40,500 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos Corp. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 oil refineries tracked in Bolivia. It emits about 171,332 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 39,938 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 50% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143746.

在上下文中：该设施如何比较

在40,500 BBL per day时，YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery是Bolivia中refinery的中位数约 40,500 BBL per day。 子部门：oil-and-gas-refining。 作为refinery，它需要强烈的工艺热量（通常200–600°C）来进行其核心工业操作——必须通过锅炉、炉或直接燃烧供应的热量，通过未隔热的容器和管道的损失代表浪费的燃料。可拆卸模块化绝缘可以将这些损失减少80-96%，将表面冷却至≤45°C，投资回收期通常不到2年。 炼油厂通过能源密集型蒸馏和裂化加热、分馏和化学转化原油为燃料和石化原料——对蒸汽发生和热回收要求极高。

容量和CO₂强度比较从Climate TRACE工业设施数据计算得出；部门角色基于工程参考。

What 171,332 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 Bolivia

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

Operator

Operated by Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery sits in a subtropical highland climate zone (Köppen Cwb), at 17.5°S in the southern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #1 largest of 2 oil refineries in Bolivia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Irpa Irpa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 450,268 t CO₂
• Caracollo Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 547,273 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -17.45325, -66.12377. View on OpenStreetMap.

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