| Refining - Total Raffinaderij Antwerpen |
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Located in the port of Antwerp, Total Raffinaderij
Antwerpen is the largest and most complex
refinery of the Total Group, and Europe’s
second largest refinery by size. Total Raffinaderij
Antwerpen is the vital link in Total’s integrated
petrochemical complex in Belgium. Supertankers
unload crude oil at the Rotterdam MET terminal.
This crude oil, with a low or a high sulphur content,
is transported to Antwerp by pipeline where it is
processed in the refinery into high quality products
such as gasoline, diesel and kerosene for the
European and American markets, as well as into
base products including naphtha, butane and
aromatics for the petrochemicals sector.
Fina Antwerp Olefins, the Group’s nearby
monomer plant, processes these base products
in its steamcrackers into light fractions, namely
ethylene, butadiene and propylene. These are then
used by the Antwerp and Feluy polymer plants
to manufacture polyethylene, polypropylene and
polystyrene.
The commissioning in April 2005 of a new
gasoline desulphurisation plant soon illustrated the
refinery’s commitment to optimising its industrial
tool in anticipation of new, stricter European
specifications on fuel. From its startup, this new
plant has helped reduce the sulphur content
of gasoline to 10 ppm, in accordance with the
standards due to come into effect by 2009.
Total Raffinaderij Antwerpen
Production capacity:
18 million tonnes per year
(360,000 barrels per day)
35 processing units, including:
- two catalytic cracking units
- one continuous reforming unit
- units for the deep conversion of atmospheric residues (ARDS)
- units for the recuperation of sulphur
- one cogeneration unit (126 MW)
- one aromatics extraction unit
75 different finished products, complying with forthcoming European specifications
Personnel: ± 1,000 employees
Launch of the activities: 1951
Surface area: 220 ha |
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