Gonfreville l'Orcher Refinery

Summary Information This refinery is also known as the Normandy Refinery Ownership: Total Website: http://www.total.com/ List of Total Refineries Location: Normandy, France Capacity: 12 million tons/annum & 240,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Units Crude distillation unit - 320,000 Vacuum distillation unit - 82,000 catalytic reforming unit - 50,000 Hydrocracker - 52,000 Fluid catalytic cracker - 52,000 gas oil desulphurisation unit - 126,000 visbreaker unit - 26,000 isomerisation unit - 16,000 Sulfur recovery unit Tail Gas Treatment Unit IGCC Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply - Products Produced - Ongoing Projects The hydrocracker is being debottlenecked which will increase hydro-conversion capacity to 10,000 tons per day from the current 8,000 tons For details see Gonfreville Refinery Upgrade Project Other Information Total built a distillate hydrocracker (DHC) at the refinery, in order to increase diesel production. For the same amount of throughput, the DHC increases the output of "clean" diesel fuel by 8%, for a total investment of about €550 million. History 1998 - IGCC project launched 1999 - Isomerisation Unit commissioned 2007 - The Hydrocracker was commissioned 2009 - Capacity was reduced by 80,000 bbls/day, by the decommissioning of a distillation column Relevant Links Normandy Hydrocracker Project FACTBOX-Oil refineries shut due to weak economy 2009-10 FACTBOX-Total's European refineries Axens’ Hydrocracking Technology Selected by Total’s Normandy Refinery Saipem Isomerisation Units Saipem Sulphur Block Units Technip Refining References Launching Of IGCC Project at the Normandy Refinery Technip awarded contract by Total for the hydrocracker of the Normandy refinery