Gonfreville Refinery Upgrade Project

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Total
• Website: http://www.total.com/
  • List of Total Refineries
• Wiki Page: Gonfreville L Orcher Refinery
• Location: Gonfreville, Normandy, France
• Capacity: million tons/annum & bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Under construction
• Expected Completion: 2013
• Budget:

The Project

• Project Type: Upgrade
• Project Summary:
  • Existing Hydrocracker and Hydrotreater units are being debottlenecked and revamped to increase diesel production.
  • The hydrocracker is being debottlenecked which will increase hydro-conversion capacity to 10,000 tons per day from the current 8,000 tons
• Main Contractors:
  • Foster Wheeler: Diesel Hydrotreater Revamp
  • Technip: Hydrocracker Revamp & Debottlenecking

Refining Units

• Diesel Hydrotreater
• Hydrocracker

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• -

Products Produced

• The refinery will produce more ultra low sulphur diesel

Other Information

• This refinery has had its capacity reduced in 2009 by 80,000 bbls/day

Relevant Links

• TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING - DISTILLATION D11 Revamp
• Technip awarded contract by Total for the hydrocracker of the Normandy refinery

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