Cressier Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Vitol / AltasInvest
- Website:
- Location: near Neuchâtel in the French part of Switzerland
- Capacity: 3.4 Million tons/annum & 68,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
Refining Units
- An atmospheric distillation unit;
- a vacuum distillation unit;
- an isomerization unit;
- a catalytic reforming unit;
- a desulfurization unit for naphtha, kerosene and gasoil;
- a thermal cracking unit;
- a visbreaking unit
- a bitumen plant.
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery's crude oil supply arrives via The South European Pipeline from the marine shipping terminal in Fos-sur-Mer in the south of France.
Products Produced
- Gasoline, diesel, blended diesel and jet fuel
Ongoing Projects
- The refinery is being converted to use natural gas as its energy source
Other Information
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History
- 2000 - Petroplus bought the refinery from Shell
- 2004 - Air Products and Technip win hydrogen project
- 2011 - Refinery temporarily closed due to Petroplus liquidity problems
- 2012 - Vitol & Atlas Invest acquire the refinery
- 2015 - Investment announced to convert refinery to use natural gas
Relevant Links
- Refinery Webpage
- Refinery Flow Diagram
- Contract award with Air Products for a hydrogen facility for Petroplus in Switzerland
- Petroplus Provides Update Regarding Its Revolving Credit Facility and Operations of the Petit Couronne, Antwerp and Cressier Refineries
- Vitol and AtlasInvest enter into a definitive agreement with Petroplus for the purchase of the Cressier Refinery
- The Vitol Group Confirms Safe Restart Of Refinery Operations In Cressier, Switzerland
- Roger Brown starts as CEO of Varo Energy – Group announces CHF 50 million investment in Cressier Refinery
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