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The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, accompanied by the Minister of Universities, Business and Research, Salvador Marín, visited the works to expand the company Repsol in the Valley of tailings, where he has been informed by the director of the Refinery Francisco Vazquez, the state of negotiations, a project that carries a 23 percent complete, has 1,500 people working every day and has an investment of 3,200 million euros, the largest ever undertaken in industry in Spain.
In addition, Repsol makers have informed Barreiro and Marin that have been awarded so far over 200 contracts to outside companies, of which half are local and regional, a percentage expected to increase.
After the meeting, the mayor has stressed it is positive the interest of the company for safety at work, requiring rigorous training and continuous security checks, which will prevent and it is preventing occupational accidents.
For its part, the Minister expressed his satisfaction with this project going at a pace that is a strategic project for the region and within the Investment Plan 2009-2013 have created the figure of the Account Manager you will be well connected to all workers Repsol to refine all aspects of employment can improve quality and competitiveness and the business.
STATE OF WORKS
The expansion works Repsol advancing on schedule and have already completed the civil works, while running the development and installation of water systems and the paving of the area will be located production units.
Of the 20 million hours of planned building, there have been 1,200,000.
In terms of employment generation, the number of workers employed in the project has increased steadily since 2006, currently reaching 1,500 people, and it is expected that during 2009 more than 2,000 professionals involved in extension works.
The project, with completion and commissioning is planned for 2011, will employ over 6,000 people during construction and create about 700 skilled jobs when in operation.
A NEW POINT OF DOCKING
The refinery expansion will result in an increase in production, which has necessitated the construction of a second front docking Repsol that binds to that already existed in the tailings basin and has been recently launched.
This new aspect has received an investment of over 24 million euros and is equipped with the most advanced systems for loading and unloading of the market, improving safety conditions by reducing waiting times for ships.
Thus, investment in Repsol to expand the industrial complex will allow you to double its production capacity to 220,000 barrels of oil a day.
The Cartagena project is part of Repsol to adapt its facilities to produce clean transportation fuels, encouraging the use of biofuels (biodiesel) and improve energy efficiency and security, reducing the impact on the environment.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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