Oil refinery capacities in selected countries in europe 2018 published by n. Refinery sites in europe concawe developed a comprehensive map showing the location of the mainstream and specialised refineries processing crude oil in europe. Total completes the upgrade of its largest refining. The majority of worlds 10 largest refineries are situated in the asia pacific region, with india hosting the worlds largest refinery complex, followed by venezuela and south korea. The network of refineries and pipelines in western europe is illustrated in the interactive map below. Maps, refineries and crackers petrochemicals europe.
In addition to its swiss refinery, pamp, part of the genevabased mks pamp group, runs a joint venture. Top 10 large oil refineries hydrocarbons technology. Of course, the much hyped keystone xl pipeline would connect canadas oil with refineries in the gulf of mexico and houston, but that may take years. Shining a spotlight on refineries throughout the united states and canada. The dough is prepared from a mix of ingredients kneaded for several minutes. The cracking products, such as ethene, propene, buta1,3diene and c 4 alkenes, are used to make many important chemicals. Flanders is a popular location for the headquarters and subsidiary offices of worldleading petrochemical firms, with the region accounting for 70% of belgiums petrochemical industry. This map also indicates the evolution of the refining industry for each year from 2009 to 2016 in terms of capacities and number of operated refineries. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than 2,175,000 miles 3,500,000 km of pipeline in 120 countries of the world. Staying with refineries, the need for pipelines is more pronounced in the gulf coast. Concawe developed a comprehensive map showing the location of the mainstream and specialised refineries processing crude oil in europe. The integration of sites and clusters across regions and nationsof europe maximize the advantage of the eu market and open access to the full scale market for all operators european institutions support in the realisation of the appe transeuropean olefins pipelines network is a positive element for a. Steam crackers are not to be confused with steam reforming plants used to produce hydrogen and ammonia. Apr 10, 2020 united states oil refineries by state 35 of the u.
Heraeus runs gold refining and gold bar production facilities in hanau germany, hong kong, and newark us. A look at valero energy refineries that can process. Friends of the earth europe and the european federation for transport and environment retained mathpro inc. This website uses cookies to improve user experience. The whole site is the largest continuous chemical site in the world. Idle refineries represent refineries where distillation units were completely idle but not permanently shutdown as of january 1 of the year. European ethylene capacity threatened by refinery cuts.
To access the remainder of i need a barrel new crude oil pipelines from hubs to refineries you must be logged as a rbn backstage pass subscriber full access to the rbn energy blog archive which includes any posting more than 5 days old is available only to rbn backstage pass subscribers. Maps and data petrochem wire, part of opis by ihs markit. I need a barrel new crude oil pipelines from hubs to. Figure 1 a view of the steam crackers at ludwigshafen in germany. Mckinsey uses cookies to improve site functionality, provide you with a better browsing experience, and to enable our partners to advertise to you. Fight for survival returns to europes battlehardened.
The most common mode of transportation for their domestic crude oil refining was via pipelines. This is the first phase of a project to provide greater transparency on the inputs and outputs of north americas refineries. This pipeline would become the most likely source of supply of canadian crude oil to markets in europe. Shell, bp to close, sell oil refineries in europe, u. The trans european olefins pipelines network project. Along the way at patoka, keystone delivers crude oil to the plains terminal which facilitates delivery to local refineries via third party pipelines. Mar 24, 2017 the san antonio business journal takes a look at valero energy corp. The recentlypublished cefic 2020 facts and figures show that petrochemicals account for over one quarter 25. The usw, representing more than 30,000 american oil workers at 65 refineries and over 230 oil terminals, pipelines, and petrochemical facilities in the united states,started these strikes a month. The association, whose members are all 40 companies that operate petroleum refineries in the european economic area in 2019, is comprised of the fuelseurope and concawe divisions, each having separate and distinct roles and expertise, but. So american refiners ship diesel to europe and import gasoline from there. The existing takeaway pipelines are listed in the table below. A look at valero energy refineries that can process keystone.
Petrochemicals europe contact glossary links terms of use. Feb 09, 2011 royal dutch shell plc and bp plc, europes largest oil companies, plan to close and sell refineries in the u. Europe s natural gas infrastructure challenge oil and gas map of the north sea, 2017 edition energy infrastructure map of the united kingdom and ireland, 2nd edition. The worlds largest precious metals refineries bullionstar. In 2007, the amounts of ethylene and propylene produced in steam crackers were about 115 mt megatonnes and 70 mt. More than 20,000 hours of engineering and development were invested into bringing a compact plant in a 40ft container to the market.
Bp rotterdam refinery is the largest oil refinery in europe located in netherlands with capacity of 400,000 barrels per day, the novoufa refinery in russia is the second largest oil refinery 380,000 bbl per day and total antwerp refinery in belgium is the third largest with 360,000 bbl per day capacity of production. The san antonio business journal takes a look at valero energy corp. In addition, mexico and many countries in latin america lack advanced refineries, and they. Petrochemical clusters in europe dont get any bigger than in flanders, a region with. However, the crackers that are directly linked are probably able to run at higher utilisation rates than this. Integration of refineries and steamcrackers in europe the gonfreville facility. Alma petroli operating in the heavy oil refining sector, specialized in the production of high range bitumen for industrial and road british petroleum our products and services contribute to a better quality of life. A pipeline, currently being built to supply it with natural gas to fuel its. The steam crackers alone occupy 64 000 m 2, which is about the size of football fields. Layer includes interstate trunk lines and selected intrastate lines but excludes gathering lines. This map also indicates the evolution of the refining industry for each year from 2009 to 2016 in terms of. Dispenses descriptions of european oil refining companies which includes the petroleum refining companies, crude oil distillation refineries and their petroleum products.
Read about how we use cookies and how you can control them by clicking change cookie settings or accept cookies by clicking accept cookies. For some countries, the refinery list is further categorized statebystate. Pipeline transport is the longdistance transportation of a liquid or gas through a system of pipesa pipelinetypically to a market area for consumption. Over the years, most closure of refineries especially in europe was of small and medium sized refineries as they were unable to compete price wise. Oil refineries and petrochemical industries in europe jstor.
Refineries, crude oil, and refined products pipelines. List of european oil refining companies based in europe. Close to 80% of steam cracking capacity in europe is configured to employ the typically costlier naphtha feedstock. When it comes to petrochemicals, flanders has unparalleled knowhow, infrastructure and expertise, situated in the heart of europe. Refineries, crude oil, and refined products pipelines ak hi sources. Petrochemicals europes bdo sector group organised a onehour webinar in cooperation with the european chemicals agency echa to explain the nmethyl pyrrolidone nmp guideline that gives recommendations on how to comply with the restriction and protect workers. Fight for survival returns to europes battlehardened refineries. Locations of facilities including steam crackers, refineries, propylene splitters and olefins derivatives plants physical pipeline connections into plant and underground storage locations rail and truck rack locations. Major crude oil pipelines in the united states and selected crude oil pipelines in canada. The houston based refiner operates across 15 refineries and has net crude oil capacity of 2. Refineries and steam crackers in eu28 2019 petrochemicals europe contact glossary links terms of use cookies policy privacy policy.
I need a barrel new crude oil pipelines from hubs to refineries. Naphtha is the feedstock and the main products are ethene and propene, used to make polymers. Additionally, the ports pipelines form a major northern european hub for the. The ethylene is produced by crackers attached to refineries hit by collapsing demand for petroleum products. The webinar had a record attendance of 175 participants. This ability could be maintained while the upstream refinery is operating. London reuters energy companies lifeline during the rout in oil prices. Mckinsey uses cookies to improve site functionality, provide you with a better. Refinery reference desk mckinsey uses cookies to improve site functionality, provide you with a better browsing experience, and to enable our partners to advertise to you. In addition to blog archive access, rbn backstage pass. Mar 02, 2015 the usw, representing more than 30,000 american oil workers at 65 refineries and over 230 oil terminals, pipelines, and petrochemical facilities in the united states,started these strikes a month. The network of refineries and pipelines in western europe is illustrated in the interactive map below since 1971 concawe has been collecting facts and statistics on incidents and spills related to european crosscountry.
Europes natural gas infrastructure challenge oil and gas map of the north sea, 2017 edition energy infrastructure map of. London reuters energy companies lifeline during the rout in oil prices refining and downstream. Corrected factboxeuropean oil refineries for sale or. Total is the largest refiner in western europe in western europe, totals refining capacity was 1,736 kbd at yearend 20, compared to 1,742 kbd at yearend 2012 and 1,787 kbd at yearend 2011, accounting for 85% of the groups overall refining capacity. The oil refineries meet the eu 2009 mandatory maximum sulfur limit of 10 ppm for gasoline and diesel.
Based on publicly available data from a variety of sources with varying scales and levels of accuracy. The united states had 65%, russia had 8%, and canada had 3%, thus 75% of all pipeline were in. Housley carr just outside the spotlights glare, though and even during the ongoing slump in oil prices midstream companies are building several demandpull pipelines to move crude to refineries more efficiently, and to. Geo is a set of free interactive databases and tools built collaboratively by people like you. Nov 16, 2017 over the years, most closure of refineries especially in europe was of small and medium sized refineries as they were unable to compete price wise. Oil refinery capacities in europe, by country 2018 statista. The eu refining industry ensures a reliable supply of feedstock material for the. This map includes information ed by pennwell corporation, 8008236277.
Detailed information on the use of cookies on this site, and how you can decline them, is provided in our cookie policy. In europe, the groups refineries supply 50% of steamcracker feedstock. The remainder of the continents capacity has more flexibility over feedstock use. Methane, ethane, propane and butanes obtained primarily from natural gas processing plants.
Cracking, as the name suggests, is a process in which large hydrocarbon molecules are broken down into smaller and more useful ones, for example. Blubox trading was founded with the idea of developing an integrated lamp and flat panel display recycling plant. I need a barrel new crude oil pipelines from hubs to refineries wednesday, 08172016 published by. Europe petrochemical producers to hike naphtha use in crackers. Out of the 58 steam cracker petrochemical units located in the eu, 41 of them are. Concawe developed a comprehensive map showing the location of the mainstream and specialised refineries processing crude oil in. It is then placed in the oven under set conditions of temperature and humidity to soften and facilitating working of the paste during the next stage. The decrease in 2012 was due primarily to the shutdown of the rome refinery. We should note here that there are a lot of pipelines coming out of the permian basin and we found many different lists included in takeaway capacity presentations. Keystone delivers crude oil to the plains terminal which facilitates delivery to local refineries via third party pipelines. Steam crackers produce ethylene, propylene and coproducts butadiene and aromaticsrich pygas. Apr 14, 2020 the refineries are operating in the range of 50 60% utilisation, which reflects the typical minimum turndown for most distillation units. But if the refinery is forced to shut down completely, many of these crackers are unlikely to have the logistics to support importing sufficient feedstock to maintain operations, particularly inland crackers, which represent 2 million tpy of this ethylene capacity.
This information is provided on a best effort basis and pennwell corporation does not guaranteee its accuracy nor warrant its fitness for any particular purpose. See definitions, sources, and notes link above for more information on this table. Jul 29, 2016 fight for survival returns to europes battlehardened refineries. Some turnarounds are still continuing in northwest europe including at. They provide the freedom to move, to heat and to see. And with this paucity in pipelines, crude produced in the country isnt reaching the refineries. Fuelseurope is a division of the european petroleum refiners association, an aisbl operating in belgium. For example, metalor operates four precious metals refineries globally, in switzerland, hong kong, singapore and massachusetts us.
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