Lavera Marseilles Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Petroineos
• Website: https://www.petroineos.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

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

Links

1. BP Lavera S.N.C
2. [[[Saipem Asphalt Bitumen Blowing Unit]]]
3. INEOS completes purchase of BP’s Innovene business for $9bn
4. PetroChina and INEOS announce plans for new trading and refining JV in Europe