Chemmed Cluster Tarragona

Contact

www.chemmedcluster.com/

Genoveva Climent Dewit

Commercial Director

+34 977 25 94 00

liquidbulk@porttarragona.cat

Juan Pedro Díaz

AEQT Manager

jpdiaz@aeqtonline.com

Location

Tarragona, Catalunya

Spain

Total area

Greenfield

Brownfield

Utilities

About Chemmed Cluster Tarragona

Tarragona houses the largest chemical hub in southern Europe with annual production of 20 million tons. The Port of Tarragona plays a key role in the competitiveness of this hub. It is one of the deepest ports in the Mediterranean and a major logistics platform for Catalonia with a total annual through put in excess of 31 million tons, 19 million tons of which are petrochemicals.

Chemical cluster in Tarragona consists of the south and north poles, which are linked to the nearby port via road and pipeline. The main raw material –crude oil and natural gas- are all imported. Natural gas is imported in the form of LNG and then processed in several gasification facilities along the coast around Barcelona and Cartagena. Natural gas is also provided via the Trans Pyrenean pipeline link Calahorra from Lacq in France, and from the Maghreb-Europe Gas pipeline from Argelia to Spain. Crude oil is provided by ship from various sources to several terminals. The Tarragona cluster is linked to the Spanish natural gas distribution network.

Number of jobs

36.000 direct jobs in the port of which are about 10.000 direct jobs in the chemical cluster

Knowledge and research

Rovira i Virgili University, declared a Campus of International Excellence
An institution with 14,000 students and 1,400 researchers
Pioneering institutes in Spain in joint vocational education
Catalan Chemical Research Institute (ICIQ), among the top three in the world
A chemical technology centre (CTQ) undertaking R&D+i projects
Ministry of Education of the Government of Catalonia

Area

Total	1200.0 hectare
Free	350.0 hectare
Free area available on South and North site of the chemical cluster

Infrastructure and Connectivity

Highway	yes	direct connection to an extensive road network The Chemical cluster is about 8 km from Tarragona-Reus Airport and 80 km of Barcelona Airport
Railway	yes	Rail connection to all docks
Waterway	yes
Sea harbor	yes	Port with one of the greatest water depths in the Mediterranean: max. 21.5 metres Crude Supply: Marine Terminal Repsol, offers five quays for unloading ships up to 100,000 tons. In addition, the terminal has a monobuoy located 3 km.from the coast where supertankers can offload their cargoes

Compounds

Many substances, too many to list, are produced within the Chemmed Cluster, these substances fall into the following categories

monomers
cracking products
inorganic products
chlorinated products
industrial gasses
polymers (plastics, composits)
final products
specialties
intermediates
crop protection formulations

Services

Fire station

3 Common Firefighter Stations

Feedstocks

Via external Pipeline:
Natural gas

Via Ships:
Crude oil, natural gas, LPG, etc.

Via Road/ Rail:
Organic, inorganic and intermediate products

Pipeline grid (Rack Dixquimics):

Common Rack for the cluster's north and south side with 62 Pipes
Direct connection between private companies and the port
24/7 surveillance and monitoring
62 transport lines, which can be expanded in accordance with demand
The Repsol rack connects the port, the southern industrial park and the northern industrial park
Monobuoy pipeline 3km off coast for supertankers

Utilities

The ChemMed Cluster has 2 combined cycles power plants and 8 cogeneration plants

Disposal

Effluent Management:

Water recycling plant, with a capacity of 19 Hm³/year
The plant also produces demineralized water of 0.2 μs

Waste management

IGEST.RES hydrocarbon recycling plant with a treatment capacity of 15,000 tons per year and industrial water treatment with a production cap of 25,000 tons per year.