文档介绍：ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES
July 2003
Oil and Gas – Petroleum refineries
These activities include the production of • waste and management of toxic or hazardous
petroleum and a variety of petroleum-based substances;
products, gasolines, lubricants and petrochemicals.
Petroleum prises the following steps: • location;
a) fractioning of crudes by boiling point,
b) conversion, c) removal of impurities, especially • construction of new secondary infrastructures
sulphur, d) blending and mixing in additives. (roads, storage facilities, oil and gas pipelines,
etc.);
Refinery facilities can pollute the quality of air as a
result of their emissions (sulphuric gases, nitrogen
• safety and industrial risk management.
oxides, greenhouse gases, anic
compounds). They can also generate wastewater
Whatever the goods or services exported, all of
which is heavily laden anic chemicals.
these factors are analysed by Coface. In case the
Lastly, the risk of soil and water pollution
goods or services in question only play a minor
following hydrocarbon spillage must also be taken
role with respect to the overall project, this
into account.
situation is heless taken into account in the
conclusions of the environmental review.
Nevertheless, it should be noted that refineries
have made considerable efforts in the