Last night after work it got a little too busy to put something on here. After work we had to attend a meeting here at the compound with Patrick Pouyanne (President , Refining & Chemicals) and Bernadette Spinoy (SVP of refining-petrochemicals Eastern Hemisphere). SVP means senior vice president btw.
After a one hour speech in which was explained what the future had installed for Total worldwide, there was a brief reception with snack and drinks (non-alcoholic ofcourse). Mss. Spinoy came to talk with everybody, Mr. Pouyanne was occupied with others.
What was clearly mentioned, and what is important for us Belgians, is that they will invest 1 billion euro in Antwerp Refinery. And we got it first hand : they are proud of Antwerp.
This morning we drove to work and suddenly we saw a huge column of black smoke arise from behind one of the factories. We were all convinced there was a major calamity going on, but as it turned out, it was what they call, a ground flare. Those flames must have been 50 meters high. Crazy, realy, the flames came over the buildings and we were atleast a few miles away from it all.Seems they do this regularly. I guess Kyoto doesn't ring a bell here.
After a one hour speech in which was explained what the future had installed for Total worldwide, there was a brief reception with snack and drinks (non-alcoholic ofcourse). Mss. Spinoy came to talk with everybody, Mr. Pouyanne was occupied with others.
What was clearly mentioned, and what is important for us Belgians, is that they will invest 1 billion euro in Antwerp Refinery. And we got it first hand : they are proud of Antwerp.
This morning we drove to work and suddenly we saw a huge column of black smoke arise from behind one of the factories. We were all convinced there was a major calamity going on, but as it turned out, it was what they call, a ground flare. Those flames must have been 50 meters high. Crazy, realy, the flames came over the buildings and we were atleast a few miles away from it all.Seems they do this regularly. I guess Kyoto doesn't ring a bell here.
That's good news for Antwerp!
ReplyDeleteHopefully they invest also in upgrading the old equipment....it sure can use it :)