Motiva Enterprises to Integrate the Norco and Convent Refineries to Form Louisiana Refining System

摘要

Motiva Enterprises LLC, a 50:50% joint venture between subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco, plans to merge its Norco and Convent refineries, both of which are located in the state of Louisiana, to create a new entity called the Louisiana Refining System. This project, which is to be implemented in several phases, “will create significant operational opportunities including increasing access to advantaged light oil, optimizing inter-plant intermediates and conversion units, increasing distillates yield and reducing operating costs,” Motiva explained in a statement. The Norco and Convent refineries have design capacities of 235,000 barrels/day and 230,000 b/d respectively.