Considerable potential for development
Provence offers true potential for development providing fast and adequate solutions for all needs, thanks to:
- the variety and quantity of basic raw materials and available uses
- the technical and environmental qualities of sites in Fos-sur-Mer, Berre, Lavera, which all integrate risk control
- privileged access to markets in Northern and Southern Europe and Mediterranean countries, and stable relations with all countries
- a dense network of industrial subcontractors, with over 400 companies
- numerous service providers specialized in engineering, transportation and logistics, waste treatment, training and research
- a skilled and effective workforce
- specific financial aid programs and global support for operations
Unique assets in Provence :
- Lavera: only French site for the production of ethylene oxide
- Fos: first European site for the production of liquefied natural gas, to supply all of southern Europe
- The petrochemical complex of Fos-Lavera Berre: leading hub in Southern Europe, and one of the best positioned in all of Europe, with 5% of the European petrochemical industry
- A wide variety of productions: refining, petrochemicals, basic chemicals, chemical processes, fine chemicals, primary plastic materials
