TotalEnergies Polymers Antwerp

TotalEnergies Polymers Antwerp is the polymers production activity of TotalEnergies located at the group's Antwerp industrial platform in Belgium. It sits within TotalEnergies' broader petrochemicals business, which the company describes as a growth area targeting integrated platforms and benefiting from privileged access to raw materials. The Antwerp site is one of the group's major European refining and petrochemical hubs, producing polymers and related petrochemical products for European and export markets. The entity is not a standalone listed company but an industrial and commercial activity of TotalEnergies SE, the French integrated multi-energy group. TotalEnergies traces its origins to 1924, when it was created as Compagnie française des pétroles to ensure France's energy independence, and it has since evolved into an international organization addressing global energy challenges. In 2021 the company changed its name to TotalEnergies to reflect its ambition to be a world-class player in the energy transition and to achieve carbon neutrality together with society. Within the group, polymers form part of the non-energy uses of oil — petrochemicals and lubricants — which TotalEnergies expects to grow as mobility shifts toward low-carbon solutions. The company states that it is pursuing its growth strategy in petrochemicals by targeting integrated platforms and benefiting from access to raw materials under privileged conditions. The Antwerp polymers activity therefore represents the group's petrochemical integration in Belgium, converting refinery and cracker streams into polymer products. TotalEnergies' product range includes fuels, lubricants, bitumen, natural gas, special fluids, fuel additives, and power and solar photovoltaic solutions. The polymers produced at Antwerp belong to the petrochemical side of this portfolio, serving industrial customers in packaging, automotive, construction, and other sectors. The site operates within a European regulatory environment shaped by the EU's ambition to be the first carbon-neutral continent, which is driving TotalEnergies to reduce petroleum product sales and to convert refineries into biorefineries and develop low-carbon mobility solutions. As part of TotalEnergies, the Antwerp polymers activity is covered by the group's sustainability and climate reporting, including its Sustainability & Climate progress reports. The entity is best understood as a production and product brand within the TotalEnergies group rather than a separate corporate brand.

TotalEnergies Polymers Antwerp is an activity of TotalEnergies, the French integrated multi-energy company whose history began in 1924. According to the company's own account, TotalEnergies was created from scratch in 1924 under the name Compagnie française des pétroles with the aim of ensuring France's energy independence. It took its first steps in oil production in Iraq in 1927 and has continually transformed since, extending its geographical reach and innovating technologically. Over the decades the company grew through partnerships and acquisitions, including with Petrofina, Elf Aquitaine, and more recently Saft, Maersk Oil and Direct Energie. These combinations built the group's integrated refining and petrochemical footprint in Europe, of which the Antwerp platform in Belgium is a part. The Antwerp site developed as one of the group's major European industrial complexes, combining refining with petrochemicals production including polymers. In the 21st century, TotalEnergies repositioned itself around the energy transition. In 2021 the company changed its name to TotalEnergies to reflect its ambition to be a world-class player in leading the energy transition and achieving carbon neutrality together with society. As part of this strategy, the group has stated that it is pursuing growth in petrochemicals by targeting integrated platforms and benefiting from access to raw materials under privileged conditions, while reducing its sales of petroleum products by 40% by 2030. The polymers activity at Antwerp therefore represents the petrochemical leg of the group's Belgian operations, producing polymer products from integrated refinery and cracker feedstocks. It operates within the European Union's regulatory push to become the first carbon-neutral continent, which is reshaping demand for petroleum products and encouraging the conversion of refineries into biorefineries and the development of low-carbon mobility. TotalEnergies reports on these activities through its Sustainability & Climate progress reports, and the Antwerp polymers business is covered by the group's climate and sustainability commitments.

• 2021

  The company changes its name to TotalEnergies to reflect its energy transition ambition.

• 1927

  The company takes its first steps in oil production in Iraq.

• 1924

  TotalEnergies is created as Compagnie française des pétroles to ensure France's energy independence.

Integrated petrochemicals production within TotalEnergies' Antwerp refining and petrochemicals platform, serving European and export polymer markets.

• Polymers

• Polyolefins

• Petrochemicals

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