La Mede Platform: Start-up of Ecoslops Unit for the Production of Recycled Fuel
July 05 2021 - 2:00AM
La Mede Platform: Start-up of Ecoslops Unit for the Production of
Recycled Fuel
Châteauneuf-Les-Martigues, July
5th, 2021 – The
Ecoslops P2R1 unit has just started-up at the TotalEnergies
La Mède platform in Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The production
of the first liters of recycled fuel consolidates the agreement
signed in 2019 between TotalEnergies and Ecoslops SA2, an
innovative company that produces fuel and light bitumen from
“slops” (hydrocarbon residues such as bilges) from maritime
transport.
The Ecoslops unit will produce, from these
residues, up to 30,000 tons per year of recycled fuel (Naphtha,
Gasoil and Fuel oil) and light bitumen. This circular business
model, applied to petroleum waste, allows the revalorisation of
these residues from maritime transport, and the creation of value
locally.
“The start-up of the Ecoslops unit is fully in
line with TotalEnergies’ circular economy and energy transition
ambitions at La Mède platform. Acquiring an equity
interest in Ecoslops Provence in 2019 reaffirmed our position as a
strong player in the local economy and we are now further
consolidating our site’s industrial redeployment project”, states
Stéphane Cambier, Director of the
La Mède
platform.
“This is an important day for our Group because
it means that we now have a second P2R unit in Europe. Our teams
have shown great tenacity and professionalism in making this
project possible. It was also a team effort with the staff of
TotalEnergies at La Mède and we thank everyone for their hard
work”, notes Vincent Favier, Chairman and CEO of
Ecoslops.
Ecoslops relied on the support of local
companies to build the unit, placing 75% of its orders with
them.
About
La Mède Platform:
In 2019, the La Mède platform became the site of France’s
first world-class biorefinery with an investment of
€275 million. It will produce 500,000 tons of biodiesel each
year. The La Mède platform also hosts four other
important business activities:
- an international training center
with real-life installations accommodating 2,500 trainees a year,
which opened its doors in 2017;
- a 50,000 m3 AdBlue production
unit (AdBlue is an additive that reduces nitrogen oxide emissions
from trucks);
- an oil depot with a storage
capacity of 1.3 million m3 per year and operational since
April 2017;
- and an 8-megawatt solar farm,
connected to the grid since December 14th, 2017.
The platform will employ 250 people. In January
2020, TotalEnergies also announced, in partnership with Engie, that
La Mède would see the installation of France’s largest site to
produce green hydrogen from 100% renewable electricity. This is a
clear sign of the group’s commitment to include this site in its
long-term energy transition.
1 Petroleum Residues Recycling2 TotalEnergies
holds a 25% stake in the subsidiary Ecoslops Provence
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About
TotalEnergiesTotalEnergies is a broad energy company that
produces and markets energy on a global scale: oil and biofuels,
natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Its
105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more
affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as
possible. Present in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts
sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its
projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of
people.
About EcoslopsEcoslops brings
oil into circular economy, thanks to an innovative technology
tallowing the company to produce fuel and light bitumen from
maritime and land oil residues, as well as used lub oil. Ecoslops’
solution is based on a unique micro-refining industrial process
that transforms these residues into 2nd generation commercial
products that meet international standards. Ecoslops offers a
cost-effective, more ecological solution for port infrastructures,
waste collectors and shipowners. www.ecoslops.com
TotalEnergies La Mède Platform
Contact Jérémy Lemière l +33 7.88.73.10.75 l
jeremy.lemiere@totalenergies.com
Ecoslops Press relationsEmilie
Dehu l 01.83.64.47.43 l emilie.dehu@ecoslops.com
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