Processing industry activities and facilities give ports significant added value. The presence of the refinery in Santa Cruz de Tenerife Port in particular gives it a certain edge over other ports in the area, while underpinning its important strategic location.

Processing and commercializing chemical products is another activity at a facility traditionally considered as a mid-Atlantic supply point.

The Refinery

Tenerife refinery has been active since November 1930, a year after the founding of the Compañía Española de Petróleos (Spanish Petroleum Corporation). Its location in the Canaries is a result of the 1927 Law of Petroleum Monopoly, which forbade the installation of privately-owned oil industries in mainland Spain. The magnificent geographical location and specific conditions offered by the island of Tenerife meant that it was chosen as the site for the first refinery to be built in Spain.

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The firm Ascanio Quimica

Ascanio Química S.A., with 40 years’ experience in the sector, focuses its activity on distributing and commercializing chemical products for the agricultural and industrial sectors, and for water treatment—drinking water, desalination and wastewater. With facilities located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife Port since 1981, Ascanio Química S.A. supplies its customers with a wide range of chemical products, in addition to technical guidance and the manufacture of various preparations.

At its facilities situated on Dique del Este, the company manufactures and stores chemical products with a capacity of up to 3,000 m³. The centre undertakes the following:

ACTIVITIES:

Water treatment: desalination, wastewater, specialities and public water supply.

Detergents: Distergen (domestic product), industrial lines and private label.

Traditional chemicals: agriculture, electric power and petroleum refining, paints and construction.

Gases: packaging, storage and distribution for industry and the power sector.

Power:  additives, preserving agents, corrosion inhibitors.

Ascanio Química website: www.ascanoquimica.com