15 September 2016
About Shell Pernis
- Shell Pernis is
the largest integrated refinery/chemicals
manufacturing site in Europe
with a capacity of 404,000 barrels per day.
It makes a wide range of products, including
a variety of fuels and feedstock for chemical plants. - The site employs around
1,900 staff and 1,000 contractors on average. - It is one of several
integrated complexes that make up
Shell's Global Manufacturing business.
Other such integrated facilities operate in
Singapore, Canada and the US Gulf Coast. - Shell Global Manufacturing is part of
an integrated value chain that converts
crude oil into high-value products, which are
moved and sold around the world
for domestic, industrial and transport use. - We continue to invest in
energy efficiency improvements
at our manufacturing sites
to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions
and minimise any environmental impact.
DETAILS
Shell Nederland Raffinaderij BV
(“Shell Pernis”)
today formally marked
the start-up of a new aromatics unit
at the large Pernis refinery
in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Benzene from the new unit goes to
the Shell chemicals site
at Moerdijk, 35 km away.
There it is processed to produce
styrene monomer,
which is used by industrial customers
in the manufacture of
packaging, food and drink containers,
tyres and computers.
Lori Ryerkerk,
Executive Vice President
for Shell’s global Manufacturing business
“Construction of this new heart cut splitter
at Pernis was completed
several months ahead of schedule.
The investment demonstrates the focus on
competitiveness and flexibility at our sites.”
“This additional unit also showcases
Shell’s refining-chemicals integration,
“We are growing our profitable chemicals business
in Europe using our own feedstock.”
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