Company Location

Lyondell Fos-sur-Mer
Lyondell Botlek
Oxeno Marl
Total Fina Elf Antwerp
Shell Chemie Pernis
Ecofuel Ravenna
DSM Beek, Geleen
Exxon Chemical Fawley
Repsol Tarragona
Fortum Porvoo
OMW Karlsruhe
Fortum Porvoo
Lindsey Oil Killingholme
PCK Schwedt
Total Fina Elf Feyzin
Hellenic Aspropyrgos, Athens
MV Schwechat
Dea Mineraloel Wesseling
Nerefco (BP/Texaco) Rotterdam
Agip Milazzo
Repsol Puertollano
Petronor Somorrosteo, Bilbao
Nord ETBE Dunkerque
Ouest ETBE Gonfreville
Agip Gela
Agip Gela
Cepsa San Roque, Algeciras
Agip Priolo, Sicily
Borealis Stenungsund
Lindsey Oil Killingholme
Agip Sannazzaro
Fortum Sines
Repsol La Coruna
Motor Oil Hellas Corinth
RVI Vohburg, Ingolstadt
Dea Mineraloel Heide
a MTBE, methyl tertiary-butyl ether; ETBE, ethyl tertiary-butyl ether; TAME, tertiary-amyl methyl ether
b FCC, fluid catalytic cracker; SC, steam cracker; TBA, tertiary-butyl alcohol; COK, cokery
c C, captive use: the product is used for blending into gasoline on site; M, merchant use: the product is sold on for blending into gasoline
d Year of first commercial operation; NS, not stated
Country Product a Capacity (kt/y) Feedstock b Disposal c Start-up d
France MTBE 610 TBA M 1988
Netherlands MTBE 590 TBA M 1988
Germany MTBE 210 SC M 1978
Belgium MTBE 180 SC, FCC C 1986
Netherlands MTBE 160 SC M 1986
Italy MTBE, ETBE 160 SC C, M 1973
Netherlands MTBE 130 SC C, M 1981
UK MTBE 125 SC, FCC C 1989
Spain MTBE 120 FCC, SC C 1988
Finland MTBE 120 SC, FCC C 1980
Germany MTBE 120 FCC C 1990
Finland TAME 114 FCC C 1995
UK MTBE, TAME 100 FCC, SC C, M 1990
Germany MTBE 85 FCC C 1995
France ETBE 75 SC, FCC C 1987
Greece MTBE 70 FCC C, M 1987
Austria MTBE 70 SC C 1983
Germany MTBE 65 FCC C 1993
Netherlands MTBE 65 FCC C 1994
Italy MTBE 60 FCC C 1992
Spain MTBE 60 SC, FCC C 1990
Spain MTBE 60 FCC C 1986
France ETBE 59 FCC C NS
France ETBE 59 FCC C NS
Italy MTBE 55 SC, FCC C 1989
Italy TAME 55 FCC C NS
Spain ETBE 54 FCC C 1988
Italy MTBE 54 FCC, SC C, M 1986
Sweden MTBE 50 SC C 1993
UK TAME 50 FCC C, M NS
Italy MTBE 47 FCC C 1991
Portugal MTBE 45 SC M 1992
Spain MTBE 40 FCC + COK C 1988
Greece MTBE 34 FCC C, M 1986
Germany MTBE 25 FCC C 1986
Germany MTBE 15 FCC, SC C 1986
a MTBE, methyl tertiary-butyl ether; ETBE, ethyl tertiary-butyl ether; TAME, tertiary-amyl methyl ether
b FCC, fluid catalytic cracker; SC, steam cracker; TBA, tertiary-butyl alcohol; COK, cokery
c C, captive use: the product is used for blending into gasoline on site; M, merchant use: the product is sold on for blending into gasoline
d Year of first commercial operation; NS, not stated