1. 1 140 businesses in this sector (18 000 jobs) 4 refining plants (INEOS, TOTAL, ESSO &SHELL) producing 30 % of the national petrol refining capacity and employing 1400 staff 63 million tons of hydrocarbons transported via Marseille port 10% of the volume of the national chemical industry is in the PACA Region The PACA region represents 44 % of the national production of ethylene and 50% of the national production of chlorine 250 companies work in the industry of plastic material transformation (6 th largest in France) and employ 3000 people Fos-Berre-Lavéra – leading petrochemical centre in Southern Europe. It is the first of its type and covers 5% of the petrochemical industry in Europe Fos – Industrial & port zone, great potential for expansion with 10 000 hectares of free land on the site A great range of production : refining plants, petrochemical, base chemistry, parachemistry, plastics, plastic transformation, etc A high density of activities depending on chemical products: health, aromas & perfumes, food industry, environment, etc… All chemistry sectors are represented in the Region Leading area for pharmaceutical & cosmetics active materials A pipeline network linking the PACA Region to Northern Europe 2004 – launch of 2 engineering schools: Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire - Marseille (EPUM) Ecole d’Ingénieurs Généraliste - Marseille (EGIM) offering highly specialised training programmes in chemistry: industrial & energetical processing engineering, organic synthesis, formulation, etc … PETROCHEMICAL-CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES IN THE PACA REGION Key figures Assets of the PACA region CRITT chemistry – plastics – materials (Marseille) Support to businesses, pilot testing, technology surveillance Regional Support Centre for the advanced materials industry (CARMA, Nice)  Advice, expertise, training, project management, technical assistance Among the leading companies … Interface structures Lavéra – only ethylene oxide production site in France (Chemical widely used in industrial chemistry) Fos – new methane tanker terminal (Gaz de France) – 1 st European liquefied natural gas site to feed Southern Europe Large network of industrial suppliers and service providers Strong industry/local government partnerships Production of all main plastic materials Regional features AIR LIQUIDE ARKEMA BASELL BAYER BEAUFOUR IPSEN DOW Berre ESSO RAfFINAGE INEOS INFINEUM KRATON POLYMER LYONDELL CHIMIE FRANCE NAPHTA CHIMIE ORGASYNTH PECHINEY SHELL SNPE SEPR Raffinage Produits de performance Matières actives pharmaceutiques Produits finis Savons, détergents, peintures Chimie de Base Sels, minerais Pétrole Chimie organique Intermédiaires Alumine Chlore Soude Ethylène Propylène Butadiene Oxyde de propylène Spécialités chimiques Huiles essentielles Additifs carburants Lubrifiants Agroalimentaire Dérivés bromés Matières premières cosmétiques SHELL TOTAL ESSOBP ALUMINIUM PECHINEY AIR LIQUIDE ATOFINA SHELL BP ATOFINA MANE CHARABOT ROBERTET ADRIAN Refining plants Performance products Active pharmaceutical materials finished products soaps, perfumes, essential oils, detergents, paints, pharmacy, industrial gas, coloring products, plastic materials, … Chimie de Base Sels, minerais Pétrole Base chemistry Salts, minerals Petroleum Organic chemistry Intermédiaires Alumine Chlore Soude Ethylène Propylène Butadiene Oxyde de propylène Intermediates Alumina Chlorine Sodium Ethylene Propylene Butadiene Propylene oxyde Spécialités chimiques Huiles essentielles Additifs carburants Lubrifiants Agroalimentaire Dérivés bromés Chemical products Essential oils Fuel additives Lubricants Food industry Bromine derivatives Raw materials for cosmetics Mineral chemistry SHELL TOTAL ESSO BP INNOVENE ALUMINIUM PECHINEY AIR LIQUIDE ARKEMA SHELL BP INNOVENE ARKEMA MANE CHARABOT ROBERTET ADRIAN