Chemmed Cluster Tarragona
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About Chemmed Cluster Tarragona
Tarragona houses the largest chemical hub in southern Europe with an annual chemical production of 20 million tons. Port 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 more than 30 million tons, 20 million tons of which are petrochemicals.
ChemMed 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 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. ChemMed Tarragona is linked to the Spanish natural gas distribution network and aims to be a key node of the future H2MED network for hydrogen.
Number of Jobs
35.000 direct induced jobs in the 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 |
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| Free | 350.0 hectare |
Free area available on South and North site of the chemical cluster |
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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 |
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| Railway | yes | Rail connection to the Mediterranean Corridor, to the centre of Spain and to all Port Tarragon docks |
| Waterway | yes | |
| Sea harbor | yes | Port with one of the greatest water depths in the Mediterranean (max. 19 m) which allows to operate any petrochemical vessel. 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, etc.)
- 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
- Common pipe rack for the cluster (Rack Dixquimics): north and south park and the port
- 24/7 surveillance and monitoring
- 71 transport lines, which can be expanded in accordance with demand
- The Repsol rack connects the port with the northern industrial park
Utilities
The ChemMed Cluster has 1 combined cycle power plant of 400MW and 2 ethylene crackers.
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
Refinery
Repsol refinery
Capacity: 186,000 bpd
Hydrocracker capacity: 702,000 kt Ethylene
Asesa
Capacity: 28,000 bpd
Dow Chemical Ethylene cracker
Capacity: 650,000 t/y Ethylene
Storage
Dry bulk
BERTSCHI intermodal dry bulk logistics
Liquid bulk
The following liquid bulk terminal companies are in ChemMed: EUROENERGO, TEPSA & VOPAK TERQUIMSA
Investments on this park
2024-01-10
€ 150 mln Investment details2022-09-01
€ 230 mln2022-01-01
€ 35 mln at Chemmed Cluster Tarragona (ES)Pipeline grid availability
Companies on this park
BASF Española, S.L.
ChemMed Tarragona
Port Tarragona
News
Repsol will invest more than €800 million in the Tarragona Ecoplant, a pioneering project in Europe to produce renewable methanol
Chemmed Cluster Tarragona →Repsol has approved a historic investment in the Spanish region of Catalonia to build the first plant in Europe to transform urban waste into renewable methanol - a fuel that will help decarbonize ...
Repsol to invest 150 million euros in the chemical sector of its Tarragona complex
Chemmed Cluster Tarragona →Repsol will allocate 150 million euros to maintenance work and investments in safety and the environment at its Tarragona complex. This investment will reduce CO2 emissions and improve the complex'...
Vopak Terquimsa plans investments to continue providing service to the Tarragona chemical industry
Chemmed Cluster Tarragona →The company foresees a 2024 similar to 2023 and sees future opportunities in the transformations of the sector
BASF invests in capacity expansion of Basoflux® range of paraffin inhibitors in Tarragona, Spain.
Chemmed Cluster Tarragona → BASF Tarragona →Increased production at the BASF site in Tarragona, Spain to support growing global demand for high-quality paraffin inhibitor chemistries. Investment reinforces BASF’s commitment to innovative and...