Registration document 2007 - Total.com
Registration document 2007 - Total.com
Registration document 2007 - Total.com
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Business overview<br />
Downstream - Refining & Marketing<br />
The Group also decided to build a desulphurization unit at the<br />
Lindsey (Immingham) refinery in the UK. This investment is<br />
being designed to raise the portion of high-sulphur crude that<br />
the plant can process from 10% to 70%. The unit is<br />
scheduled to begin operating in 2009. A second project to<br />
build a desulphurization unit at the Donges refinery in France<br />
is currently being studied. Commissioning is planned for 2010.<br />
A third project to construct a desulphurization unit at the<br />
Leuna refinery in Germany is also being studied.<br />
In addition, CEPSA (1) has announced investments to improve<br />
the performance of its refineries, including the construction of<br />
a 2.1 Mt hydrocracker (2) unit at the Huelva refinery in Spain.<br />
This unit is scheduled to begin operating near the end of<br />
2009.<br />
(1) Group’s share in CEPSA: 48.8% as of December 31, 2006.<br />
(2) To which should be added a crude distillation unit (CDU), a vacuum distillation unit<br />
(VDU) and a steam methane reformer (SMR).<br />
Crude oil refining capacity<br />
The table below sets forth TOTAL’s share of the daily crude oil refining capacity of its refineries.<br />
TOTAL – <strong>Registration</strong> Document 2006<br />
• Investments are being made to modernize refining sites,<br />
improve safety and energy efficiency and reduce<br />
environmental impacts.<br />
At the Dalian (China) refinery, a modernization program was<br />
launched to respond to changes in the volumes and quality of<br />
products demanded on national and international markets. A<br />
distillate hydrocracker with a planned capacity of 1.5 Mt/y is<br />
under construction and is scheduled to begin operating in the<br />
summer of <strong>2007</strong>. A desulphurization unit with a 2 Mt/y capacity<br />
is also under construction. This investment should allow the<br />
refinery to meet new diesel specifications.<br />
In 2006, two refineries operated by TOTAL were affected by<br />
major turnarounds, <strong>com</strong>pared to six in 2005 and five in 2004.<br />
Ten refineries are scheduled for major turnarounds operated<br />
throughout <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
As of December 31 (a) (kb/d) 2006 2005 2004<br />
Refineries operated by the Group<br />
Normandy (France) 331 331 328<br />
Provence (France) 158 158 155<br />
Flandres (France) 141 159 160<br />
Donges (France) 230 229 231<br />
Feyzin (France) 116 118 119<br />
Grandpuits (France) 99 99 99<br />
Antwerp (Belgium) 350 350 352<br />
Leuna (Germany) 227 225 227<br />
Rome (Italy) (b) 64 64 52<br />
Immingham (United Kingdom) 221 221 223<br />
Milford Haven (United Kingdom) (c) 74 73 73<br />
Vlissingen (Netherlands) (d) 81 84 84<br />
Port Arthur, Texas (United States) 174 174 176<br />
Subtotal 2,266 2,285 2,279<br />
Other refineries in which the Group has an interest (e) 434 423 413<br />
<strong>Total</strong> 2,700 2,708 2,692<br />
(a) For refineries not 100% owned by TOTAL, the indicated capacity represents TOTAL’s proportionate share of the overall refining capacity of the refinery.<br />
(b) TOTAL’s interest was 71.9% as of December 31, 2006 and 2005; TOTAL’s interest was 57.5% as of December 31, 2004.<br />
(c) TOTAL’s interest is 70%.<br />
(d) TOTAL’s interest is 55%.<br />
(e) Fourteen refineries in which TOTAL has interests ranging from 16.7% to 55.6% (seven in Africa, four in Spain, one in Germany, one in Martinique and one in China) and the Reichstett<br />
refinery in France in 2004).