Ecoslops, the developers of the pioneering technology that can produce recycled marine fuels and light bitumen (XFO) from marine oil residues (known as slops), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with oil major Total to set up an oil residue waste processing unit in La Mède, near Marseille.
The new processing unit aims to help recycle the world’s maritime transport waste and use it in a sustainable way. This reduces the need to discharge marine residues, ‘slops’, in ports where they are often incinerated, and instead allows them to be turned into fuels and light bitumen for further use.
This MoU marks the development of the first French bio-refinery and aims to strengthen La Mède’s industrial redeployment.
Vincent Favier, CEO of Ecoslops, commented: “The success of our first unit in Portugal established Ecoslops as a technology leader. Many other conversations are in progress in order to equip large ports. The large scale and significant traffic of the Port of Marseille convinced us that it was the right location for the settlement of our second unit. The viability of our project, as well as the findings of our shared research with Total, backed the common interest in setting up our micro-refinery in the La Mède location.”
The companies will carry out a detailed study with the final investment decision to be made in 2017.
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