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Together with the Gelsenkirchen-Scholven plant, the Horst plant forms an
integrated refinery. The two plants are linked by a pipeline system. Apart from
oil processing, which takes place at both plants, BP Refining &
Petrochemicals GmbH operates two crackers for the production of ethylene and
propylene at Scholven. These feedstocks are used by companies such as Sabic
Polyolefine GmbH for producing polyolefins at Scholven.
Focus: Oil products and petrochemicals, especially
olefins, aromatics, methanol, ammonia, gases.
Plant area: 300 ha
(751 acres). Available area: 19 ha (50 acres) (89 ha (220 acres) from
end 2007).
Infrastructure: Pipeline
link to the inland ports in Horst and Bottrop, highway access, plant rail system
with cargo handling facilities and national link, crude oil pipelines from
Rotterdam and Wilhelmshaven.
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