Berre L'Etang Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Lyondell Basell Website: http://www.lyondellbasell.com/ Location: Berre l’Etang, near Marseille in the south of France Capacity: 4.0 million tons/annum & 80,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: 6.7 Refining Units Crude Distillation Unit Vacuum Distillation Unit FCC Tail Gas Treatment Unit Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply LyondellBasell sources majority of its crude requirement from PDVSA Oil Products Produced LPG, naphtha, jet fuel, gasoline, heating oil, bitumen, fuel oil and gasoil. Ongoing Projects LyondellBasell is looking to sell the refinery and has mothballed the site Other Information - History 1998 - Capacity reduced from 125,000 to 80,000 bbls/day 2007 - Basell agreed to purchase the refinery from Shell 2008 - The EU gave consent to the deal 2011 - The refinery was mothballed 2011 - LyondellBasell announced it was to Seek Buyer the Refinery Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Saipem Sulphur Block Units Royal Dutch Shell progresses sale of its Berre-l'Etang refinery site complex Commission approves proposed acquisition of Berre Refinery by Basell INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY - MONTHLY OIL MARKET REPORT Dec 1998 RIL’s acquisition of LyondellBasell to bring greater synergies LyondellBasell to Seek Buyer for Berre, France Refinery Statement from Jean Gadbois, General Manager of the Berre Site