BRC Antwerp Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Gunvor
• Website:
  • http://www.gunvorgroup.com/
  • http://www.ibrefinery.be/
• List of Gunvor Refineries
• Location: Antwerp
• Capacity: 5.5 Million tons/annum & 110,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity: 4.5
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• The refinery is a small / medium sized refinery with low / medium complexity

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation, 110‚000 bpd
• Vacuum Distillation, 59‚000
• Naphtha Hydrotreater, 26‚500
• Catalytic Reformer, 10‚200
• Isomerization (TIP), 4‚300
• Distillate Hydrotreater, 35‚500
• Visbreaker, 24‚200
• Sulfur Recovery Unit (tons per stream day) 108
• LPG Recovery Unit, 4‚400

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

• Gasoline, naphtha, ULSD, heating oil and vacuum gasoil.
• The refinery's low-sulfur production meets the Euro V standard

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1968 - Refinery commissioned with a capacity of 45,000 bpd
• 1973 - Refinery capacity increased to 88,000 bpd and vacuum unit added
• 1986 - Visbreaker commissioned
• 2005 - Isomerisation unit commissioned
• 2006 - Petroplus purchases the refinery from Sovereign Holding Limited (Bermuda)
• 2011 - Refinery temporarily closed due to Petroplus liquidity problems
• 2012 - The refinery is acquired by Gunvor

Links

1. Petroplus Annual Report, 2007, Page 13
2. Petroplus Provides Update Regarding Its Revolving Credit Facility and Operations of the Petit Couronne, Antwerp and Cressier Refineries
3. Gunvor Group bids successfully to purchase Petroplus’s Antwerp refinery
4. Gunvor Launches USD 500 Million Syndication For Belgian Refinery
5. Gunvor Closes USD $625 Million Syndication for Belgian Refinery, Oversubscribed by 25%