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Mémoire
Bachelor thesis

The influence of Libya on Swiss refineries and their potential futures

    2013

54 p.

Mémoire de bachelor: Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2013

Pétrole - Raffineries
Libye
Suisse
English The energetic question is one of the mainstays of industry and of a modern economy. Oil products are vital for any developed country: in Switzerland, they represent 57% of the Swiss energy needs with an average consumption of 12 million tons of oil each year. As Switzerland has no viable native sources of hydrocarbons, the country is completely dependent on imports of either crude oil and refined products in order to cover its needs. Switzerland does however dispose of two small refineries that can cover approximately 40% of its demand in oil based fuel. The objective of this work is to assess the situation of those refining plants, to determine the influence of Libya on them and the Swiss crude imports, and to establish the potential futures of those facilities. First, the Swiss federal oil supply policy is introduced in a first part: its legal basis, its different supply routes and transportation options for crude oil, the federal stance and an analysis on Swiss market trends. Are the Swiss refining capacities of vital importance to the confederation? Second, the Swiss refineries, along with their basic functions ,economics for such facilities and history are described and analyzed. Do they make sense in a European refining sector in crisis? Third, the evolution of Libya as a crude oil supplier over the last half decade is described. The consequences of two recent events on Swiss-Libyan relationship and the resulting shift in oil supply for the confederation is analyzed. This analysis concludes on the shift by trading houses on downstream assets and the potential futures of the Swiss refineries: survival and closure. This work is mainly based on personal research using official statistics, brochures newspaper articles and interviews of professional traders.
Language
  • English
Classification
Economics
Notes
  • Haute école de gestion Genève
  • Economie d'entreprise
  • hesso:hegge
License
License undefined
Identifiers
  • RERO DOC 208929
  • RERO R007599705
Persistent URL
https://sonar.ch/hesso/documents/314494
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