Petit-Couronne refinery

Petit-Couronne refinery
	General information about the refinery
	The refinery in January 2013
	Operational information
Operating company	Petroplus
Start of oil processing	1929
End of oil processing	2012
	Processing plant
Input materials	oil
Daily capacity in bbl	161,800
Nelson index	7.3
	Geographical location
Coordinates	49 ° 22 '36 " N , 1 ° 0' 59.1" E Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '36 " N , 1 ° 0' 59.1" E
	Location Petit-Couronne refinery
Location	Petit Couronne
republic	French Republic
Country	France

The Petit-Couronne refinery was a French refinery in Petit-Couronne in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region . As a result of the Petroplus bankruptcy , the refinery was shut down in 2012.

history

The operation of the refinery was started on March 1, 1929 by Pétroles Jupiter . Pétroles Jupiter was taken over by Shell in 1948 . On March 31, 2008, the refinery was sold to Petroplus by Shell . Shell also parted with the French refineries in Reichstett and Berre-l'Etang in 2008 .

On January 20, 2012, Petroplus announced its intention to sell the Petit-Couronne site. Thereupon the Klepsch Group , among others, registered interest in the refinery, but there was no sale. Shortly after the failed sale, Petroplus had to file for bankruptcy. After the bankruptcy, production on behalf of Shell continued for a few months.

Technical specifications

The refinery was supplied with crude oil via a pipeline which begins in the port of Le Havre .

Processing plants

Web links

Commons : Petit-Couronne Refinery - collection of images, videos and audio files

Petroleum wiki: Petit-Couronne refinery

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Petroplus Annual Report 2009 . 2010.
↑ La Refinery. In: ville-petit-couronne.fr. Retrieved August 8, 2020 (French).
↑ Petroplus wants to sell another location. Handelszeitung , January 20, 2012, accessed on November 10, 2018 .
↑ Takeover offer for Petroplus refinery Petit-Couronne. In: handelszeitung.ch. March 15, 2012, accessed August 8, 2020 .
^ Shell saves French Petroplus refinery. In: tagesanzeiger.ch. February 24, 2012, accessed August 8, 2020 .

[Geschäftsbericht_2009-1] Petroplus Annual Report 2009 . 2010.

[La_Raffinerie-2] La Refinery. In: ville-petit-couronne.fr. Retrieved August 8, 2020 (French).

[3] Petroplus wants to sell another location. Handelszeitung , January 20, 2012, accessed on November 10, 2018 .

[4] Takeover offer for Petroplus refinery Petit-Couronne. In: handelszeitung.ch. March 15, 2012, accessed August 8, 2020 .

[5] Shell saves French Petroplus refinery. In: tagesanzeiger.ch. February 24, 2012, accessed August 8, 2020 .