July 2, 2003 - "Europe’s largest Prime-G+ unit for the Antwerp Refinery"
Total’s “Clean Gasoline Project” at the Antwerp refinery in Belgium is going ahead. The project is based on Axens’ Prime-G+ process, for the desulfurization of the FCC gasoline to less than 10 ppm. With a 57 500 bpsd capacity, it is Europe’s biggest Prime G+ unit today. The Antwerp refinery is one of the largest and most efficient refineries in Europe and produces low sulfur motor fuels and petrochemical base stocks. The Prime-G+ unit, currently at the detailed engineering stage, is programmed to be streamed in October 2004 and will enable the refinery to comply with future ultra-low sulfur gasoline specifications well ahead of the European 2009 deadline. Two other Prime-G+ are under construction in Total’s refineries and are due for start-up later this year. The Prime-G+ process, tailored for the treatment of cracked gasoline, is the market leader for this application. To date, this technology has been awarded 70 licenses for a total production of 1,900,000 barrels per day of “green” gasoline.
Total Total is one of the five intregrated oil and gas majors. With operations in over one hundred and twenty countries, Total is present in every sector of the oil industry, i.e. Upstream (oil and gas exploration, development and production), and Downstream (refining and marketing, trading, and the shipping of crude oil and petroleum products). Total's activities also include Base Chemicals and Commodity Polymers, Intermediates and Performance Polymers, and Specialty Chemicals. In Europe, Total is the leader among refiners marketing their products from 28 refineries in which the Group has an interest, 13 of which it operates directly. Total oversees a network of some 16,676 service stations throughout the world. The refining activities also include the development of a wide range of high added-value products, including LPG, aviation fuel, specialty fluids, lubricants, bitumens and paraffins. For further information, visit the website www.total.com.
