Oil refining in Sicily: A critical perspective looking to the future

Pagliaro, Mario; Meneguzzo, Francesco

doi:10.1002/ese3.604

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“…Extensive information about the refining sector in Italy is regularly published by UNEM ("Unione Energie per la Mobilità", "ex-Unione Petrolifera") and by ENI [6,48] and at the European level by CONCAWE [7,28], FuelsEurope [49] and the European Commission Joint Research Centre [5,8] Extensive information about the refining sector in Italy is regularly published by UNEM ("Unione Energie per la Mobilità", "ex-Unione Petrolifera") and by ENI [6,48] and at the European level by CONCAWE [7,28], FuelsEurope [49] and the European Commission Joint Research Centre [5,8]. However, scientific literature about Italian refineries is relatively scarce and it is mainly focused on environmental (gas pollutant emissions [50], volatile organic compounds [51] and impact in soils [52]) and socioeconomic [53,54] assessments of refineries. Only in [55] is an overview presented of the status of implementation of BAT related to energy efficiency in some Italian industrial sites involved in the integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC-IED) European Directives.…”

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Energy Performance of Italian Oil Refineries Based on Mandatory Energy Audits

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Petroleum products account for the 32.3% of worldwide primary energy. There are more than 100 oil refineries in Europe that directly employ 119,000 people with a turnover of EUR 600 billion and around 1.2% to the total value added in manufacturing. Therefore, the petroleum refining sector is very important in the European economy, and its decarbonization is crucial in the energy transition. Refineries present a high degree of complexity and integration, and the continuous increase of their energy efficiency is a key topic for the sector. In this work an analysis of the energy efficiency in ten Italian refineries based on mandatory energy audits and public data is presented. The primary (0.0963 ± 0.0341 toe/t), thermal (3421.71 ± 1316.84 MJ/t), and electrical (68.20 ± 19.34 kWh/t) specific energy consumptions have been evaluated. Some insights about the impact of refined products mix (mainly driven by production of diesel fuel) and Nelson Complexity Index in energy consumption are presented. Lastly, an overview of energy performance improvement actions (EPIAs) information extracted from energy audits is presented. This work presents a first step for the benchmark of Italian refineries that should be subsequently improved.

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Energy Performance of Italian Oil Refineries Based on Mandatory Energy Audits

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“…Priolo is one of the largest active refinery production sites in Europe, and several disused petrochemical plants with significant residual pollution are also present at the site. Similar oil refinery and power plants are present in the Milazzo site, along with abandoned plants that include asbestos-processing plants [31]. The Crotone area is characterised by three disused industrial areas, in particular pesticide plants, which operated until the 1990s [32].…”

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Measuring Risk Perception in Pregnant Women in Heavily Polluted Areas: A New Methodological Approach from the NEHO Birth Cohort

Ruggieri

Maltese

Drago

et al. 2021

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Risk perception (RP) evaluation during pregnancy and its relationship with lifestyles are considered useful tools for understanding communities living in high-risk areas and preventing dangerous exposure. It is well known that exposure to pollutants and less-healthy lifestyles may result in increased disease occurrence during life. Our work investigated environmental RP through ad hoc questionnaires administered to 611 mothers within the NEHO birth cohort, recruited in three heavily contaminated areas of Southern Italy. Four different RP indices, an exploratory factorial analysis (EFA), and a latent class analysis were evaluated from questionnaires. The highest values of risk perception index were observed in the Milazzo site (0.64 ± 0.16) and the lowest in the Crotone site (0.5 ± 0.18). EFA revealed four latent factors, including different items describing environmental pollution, and subjects were classified into four latent classes with different RP indices. Significant RP profiles were different among the sites (p < 0.001). Our results did not demonstrate any association between RP and lifestyles during pregnancy. Improving healthy lifestyle behaviours, particularly in polluted areas, would generate co-benefits by preventing further risk factors. As remediation interventions can take a long time, it needs to improve healthy lifestyles in residents until remediation is completed.

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Oil refining in Sicily: A critical perspective looking to the future

Cited by 2 publications

References 21 publications

Energy Performance of Italian Oil Refineries Based on Mandatory Energy Audits

Energy Performance of Italian Oil Refineries Based on Mandatory Energy Audits

Measuring Risk Perception in Pregnant Women in Heavily Polluted Areas: A New Methodological Approach from the NEHO Birth Cohort

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