ExxonMobil Starts New Unit at Antwerp Refinery to Produce High-Value Transportation Fuels
31 Octobre 2018 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
- Delayed coker unit to convert heavy,
higher sulfur residual oil into marine gasoil and diesel
- Will help meet demand for cleaner fuel
oil required by the International Maritime Organization
- Part of initiative to strengthen
competitiveness of company’s advantaged facilities in Europe
ExxonMobil said today that it has started operations of a new
unit at its Antwerp refinery in Belgium to convert heavy,
higher-sulfur residual oils into high-value transportation fuels
such as marine gasoil and diesel.
The new 50,000 barrel-per-day unit expands the refinery’s
capacity to meet demand for cleaner transportation fuels throughout
northwest Europe. The company’s investment in the new coker will
also help meet anticipated demand for lower-sulfur fuel oil to
comply with new standards to be implemented by the International
Maritime Organization in 2020.
“Our investment in Antwerp strengthens ExxonMobil’s
competitiveness and position as a leading European refiner by
expanding the refinery’s product slate and increasing our ability
to deliver larger quantities of cleaner, higher-value fuels to
European customers,” said Bryan W. Milton, president of ExxonMobil
Fuels & Lubricants Company. “The $2 billion we have invested in
our Antwerp refinery over the last decade has made the facility one
of the most modern and efficient in the world.”
Other projects completed in Antwerp include a 130 megawatt
cogeneration unit, which leads to reduced greenhouse gas emissions,
and a diesel hydrotreater, which has increased the refinery’s
production capacity for low-sulfur diesel to enable modern diesel
engines to achieve lower emissions standards.
The delayed coker is the first of several expansion projects
designed to strengthen the competitiveness of ExxonMobil’s
advantaged facilities in Europe. The company is currently
constructing a new hydrocracker in Rotterdam that will upgrade
heavier hydrocarbon byproducts into cleaner, higher-value finished
products such as EHCTM Group II base stocks and ultra-low sulfur
diesel. ExxonMobil is also considering an expansion project at its
Fawley refinery in the United Kingdom that would include a new
hydrotreater unit and associated hydrogen plant to increase
domestic diesel production and reduce reliance on imported
fuel.
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inventory of resources, is one of the largest refiners and
marketers of petroleum products, and its chemical company is one of
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About the Antwerp Refinery
The Antwerp refinery as part of ExxonMobil Petroleum &
Chemical BVBA, has a production capacity of approximately 320,000
barrels per day and has been in operation since 1953.
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