By-Product Synergies from Oil Refinery

Summary

Shell refinery has made a site available for chemical industries who could use the by products from the refinery. The Montell Company already uses ethene, butene and propene from the refinery, rest products are supplied back to Shell. The Kolb Company (producer of chemicals) uses ethene oxide from Shell as a raw material. The waste incinerator supplies steam and electricity to the Shell refinery. Basell (joint venture of Shell and BASF) will get raw materials from the refinery. There are plans also for the refinery to supply its CO2 to agricultural firms.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
Petroleum sector	Shell Refinery
Chemical sector	Montell Company
Chemical sector	Kolb Company
Chemical sector	Basell Company
Maufacturing sector	Glass manufacturer

Region

Moerdijk, The Netherlands.

Applied Technologies

• Not known

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	Potential decrease in purchase costs Potential savings in waste disposal costs
Environment	Landfill diversion Reduction in raw material use and increased resource efficiency
Social	Potential employment Increased living conditions for the local community

Additional Comments

None.

References

• Pellenbarg, P. H. (2000) "Sustainable Business Sites in The Netherlands: A Survey of Policies and Experiences", European Regional Science Association

Last Update

18 January 2007