Industrial Symbiosis Applied to Oil Refineries: Drivers and Barriers

Ângela Neves (), Hugo Ferreira, Francisco J. Lopes, Radu Godina and João C. O. Matias
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Ângela Neves: Polytechnic Institute of Viseu
Hugo Ferreira: Polytechnic Institute of Viseu
Francisco J. Lopes: Polytechnic Institute of Viseu
Radu Godina: UNIDEMI, Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
João C. O. Matias: GOVCOPP, Unidade de Investigação em Governança, Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro

A chapter in Quality Innovation and Sustainability, 2023, pp 265-278 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Oil refineries play an important role in the economy, mainly in the transport and energy sectors; however, they are energy-intensive industries and responsible for a significant amount of waste and carbon dioxide emissions. Industrial symbiosis can contribute significantly to increasing the sustainability of this sector, as it allows entities that are traditionally separate, to cooperate with each other in sharing resources and allows waste valorization. Thus, this article aims to analyze the main drivers, barriers, and challenges that this industry faces when implementing and developing industrial symbiosis. To this end, an exhaustive survey of published case studies of industrial symbiosis with refineries was conducted to analyze the economic activities involved, the type of flow and the role of refineries as source or sink. The study showed that despite the challenges that this sector has to face for the implementation and development of industrial symbiosis, there are numerous possibilities for its realization.

Keywords: Industrial symbiosis; sustainability; oil refinery; energy-intensive industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12914-8_21

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