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The Seine Valley, especially Le Havre-Port Jérôme-Rouen: a major location for oil refining, chemical and petrochemichal production in Europe, |
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Total in Le Havre: one of the major European refineries (16 Mt), |
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Two other refineries: Shell and ExxonMobil, |
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Easy raw material flow management upstream of the processing units. |
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Number one in France for oil industry, 35% of the country’s refining capacity, |
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80% of the country’s output in oils and additives, |
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50% of the country’s output in basic plastics and elastomers. |
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| INSA |
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. |
| ENSPM |
(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. |
| ISPA |
Graduate Engineering School in Plastics Processing, Alençon. |
| University of Rouen |
Research laboratories. |
| University of Le Havre |
Research laboratories. |
| University of Caen |
Research laboratories. |
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| IFP
(Institut Français du Pétrole),
Arkema (Cerdato), ExxonMobil, Shell and Total. |
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| Total
Petrochemicals, Arkema, ExxonMobil Raffinage et
Pétrochimie, Shell Raffinage, Chevron Texaco,
Lubrizol, Cabot, Eliokem, Lanxess Elastomeres, ICI,
PPG Industries, Norsk Hydro, PCAS, Hercules, Akzo
Nobel, Brenntag, Orgasynth... |
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| CERDATO |
| Arkema's Design, Research and Development Centre |
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| IFP |
| French Oil Institute |
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| ISPA |
| Postgradutate Engineering School |
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| UIC |
| The professional body federating all the chemical companies |
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