Berre L Etang Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Lyondell Basell
• Website: http://www.lyondellbasell.com/
• Location: Berre l’Etang, near Marseille in the south of France
• Capacity: 4.0 million tons/annum & 80,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity: 6.7

Refining Units

• Crude Distillation Unit
• Vacuum Distillation Unit
• FCC

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• LyondellBasell sources majority of its crude requirement from PDVSA Oil

Products Produced

• LPG, naphtha, jet fuel, gasoline, heating oil, bitumen, fuel oil and gasoil.

Ongoing Projects

• LyondellBasell is looking to sell the refinery

Other Information

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History

• 1998 - Capacity reduced from 125,000 to 80,000 bbls/day
• 2007 - The refinery was purchased from Shell
• 2011 - LyondellBasell announced it was to Seek Buyer the Refinery

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• Sale of refinery by Shell
• Commission approves proposed acquisition of Berre Refinery by Basell
• INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY - MONTHLY OIL MARKET REPORT Dec 1998
• RIL’s acquisition of LyondellBasell to bring greater synergies
• LyondellBasell to Seek Buyer for Berre, France Refinery

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