Lavera Marseilles Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Ineos
- Website: http://www.ineosrefining.com/
- Location: Lavéra: located on the coast of the Mediterranean crude oil trading basin, next to the port of Marseille and adjacent crude oil terminal.
- Capacity: 10 Million tons/annum & 210,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A large and complex refinery, with integrated petrochemicals. It is able to process a wide range of crudes and produce high quality products
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation
- Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
- Steam Cracker (Petrochemicals)
- Hydrocracker
- Gasoline Desuphurisation
- Diesel Desuphurisation
- Asphalt Unit - 220,000 t/y
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Lavéra also benefits from an advantaged location on the coast of the Mediterranean basin, both for crude sourcing and proximity to markets. This is a prime trading hub for multiple sources of crude oil on the international market. Lavéra is one of the most flexible refineries in Europe, capable of processing multiple types of non-standard crudes.
Products Produced
- Benzene, Gasoline, Jet Fuel, Diesel, Fuel Oil, Asphalt
Ongoing Projects
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Other Information
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History
- 2005 - Asphalt Unit commissioned
- 2005 - Ineos acquired the refinery from BP
- 2011 - Petrochina takes a share in Ineos refining and trading business
Relevant Links
- BP Lavera S.N.C
- Saipem Asphalt Bitumen Blowing Unit
- INEOS completes purchase of BP’s Innovene business for $9bn
- PetroChina and INEOS announce plans for new trading and refining JV in Europe
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