Bulwer Island Refinery

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Summary Information Ownership: BP Website: http://www.bp.com Location: Bulwer Island, Queensland, Australia Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 101,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation Hydrocracker, Hydrogen Generation, Amine, SRU, RCCU Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply - Products Produced Petrol – Unleaded, Premium Unleaded Diesel fuels Aviation fuel, including jet fuel and aviation gasoline Bitumen Fuel oil Hydrogen Kerosene LPG (including propane and butane) Ongoing Projects The refinery is to be closed by mid 2015 Other Information - History 1965 - Refinery commissioned by Amoco 1984 - BP acquires the refinery 2000 - Clean fuels project completed 2004 - Aker Kvaerner awarded contract for clean gasoline units 2014 - BP announced it will close the refinery Relevant Links Refinery Webpage BP awards contract for delivery of Clean Gasoline Project to Aker Kvaerner Queensland Clean Fuels Project BP Bulwer Island Refinery Processing To Halt In 2015