Chemicals/Oil industry
Number one French Refining Centre
- The Seine Valley, especially Le Havre-Port Jérôme-Rouen: a major location for oil refining, chemical and petrochemichal production in Europe,
- Total in Le Havre: one of the major European refineries (16 Mt),
- Two other refineries: Shell and ExxonMobil,
- Easy raw material flow management upstream of the processing units.
KEY FIGURES
- Number one in France for oil industry, 35% of the country’s refining capacity,
- 80% of the country’s output in oils and additives,
- 50% of the country’s output in basic plastics and elastomers.
Higher Education and R&D laboratories
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in Rouen, academic laboratories and training courses for specialised engineers in chemical engineering. |
ENSICAEN |
Academic laboratories and training courses for specialised engineers in materials and plastics processing. |
(Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs), Lillebonne and Rueil-Malmaison: training courses in the areas of refining, petrochemicals, chemicals and engineering, IC engines and lubricants. |
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Graduate Engineering School in Plastics Processing, Alençon. |
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Research laboratories. |
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Research laboratories. |
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Research laboratories. |
International R&D laboratories
IFP (Institut Français du Pétrole), Arkema (Cerdato), ExxonMobil, Shell and Total.
Main companies
Akzo Nobel, Arkema, BASF, Brenntag, Bunge, Cabot, ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil, FCA, GPN, Henkel, Hercules, Hexion, ICI, Igol, ISP, Lanxess, Lubrizol, Norsk Hydro, Nufarm, Octel Corp., Orgasynth, PCAS, Petroplus Raffinage, PPG Industries, Scotts, Shell, Sika, Syngenta, Tereos, Total Petrochemicals, Toyo Ink, Turtle Wax…
Useful links
Arkema's Design, Research and Development Centre
French Oil Institute
Postgradutate Engineering School
The professional body federating all the chemical companies
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