The Cressier Refinery
The Cressier Refinery is located on a 74-hectare site near Neuchâtel in the French part of Switzerland. It was originally commissioned in 1966 by Shell and was purchased by Petroplus in 2000. The site is an integrated atmospheric-vacuum distillation, visbreaking and thermal-cracking refinery with a throughput capacity of 68,000 barrels per day.
Product Supply and Distribution
Cressier is one of only two refineries in Switzerland. It accounts for approximately 25%, by volume, of all refined products sold in Switzerland. Crude oil supply arrives via the SPSE pipeline from the marine shipping terminal in Fos-sur-Mer in the south of France. Light and middle distillates such as gasoline, diesel, blended diesel and jet fuel are sold predominantly in Switzerland. Products are shipped from truck-loading racks and railcar-loading facilities.
Technical apects
The site is an integrated atmospheric-vacuum distillation, visbreaking and thermal cracking refinery. It is able to process sweet crude oil and a smaller amount of sour crude oil. The Cressier Refinery has a Nelson Complexity of 6.4.
Cressier Refinery contact details
Petroplus Refining Cressier SA
Zone Industrielle Les Hugues
Case Postale 72
2088 Cressier
Switzerland
Hotline for safety issues: +41 32 758 61 11
