Brc Antwerp Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Gunvor
- Website:
- Location: Antwerp
- Capacity: 5.5 Million tons/annum & 110,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- The refinery is a small / medium sized refinery with low / medium complexity
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation, 110‚000 bpd
- Vacuum Distillation, 59‚000
- Naphtha Hydrotreater, 26‚500
- Catalytic Reformer, 10‚200
- Isomerization (TIP), 4‚300
- Distillate Hydrotreater, 35‚500
- Visbreaker, 24‚200
- Sulfur Recovery Unit (tons per stream day) 108
- LPG Recovery Unit, 4‚400
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
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Products Produced
- Gasoline, naphtha, ULSD, heating oil and vacuum gasoil.
- The refinery's low-sulfur production meets the Euro V standard
Ongoing Projects
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Other Information
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History
- 1968 - Refinery commissioned with a capacity of 45,000 bpd
- 1973 - Refinery capacity increased to 88,000 bpd and vacuum unit added
- 1986 - Visbreaker commissioned
- 2005 - Isomerisation unit commissioned
- 2006 - Petroplus purchases the refinery from Sovereign Holding Limited (Bermuda)
- 2011 - Refinery temporarily closed due to Petroplus liquidity problems
- 2012 - The refinery is acquired by Gunvor
Relevant Links
- Petroplus Annual Report, 2007, Page 13
- Petroplus Provides Update Regarding Its Revolving Credit Facility and Operations of the Petit Couronne, Antwerp and Cressier Refineries
- Gunvor Group bids successfully to purchase Petroplus’s Antwerp refinery
- Gunvor Launches USD 500 Million Syndication For Belgian Refinery
- Gunvor Closes USD $625 Million Syndication for Belgian Refinery, Oversubscribed by 25%
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