Coryton Refinery

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Summary Information Ownership: Petroplus Website: http://www.petroplusholdings.com/ List of Petroplus Refineries Location: Situated 30 miles from London, along the Thames Estuary Capacity: 11 million tons/annum & 220,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: 12 Refining Units atmospheric distillation vacuum distillation fluid catalytic cracking Catalytic reformer Hydro desulphurisation units Gas recovery unit Isomerisation unit Alkylation unit Lube base oil production units Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply The refinery's crude oil supply arrives via the five operational jetties Products Produced Petrol Diesel Kerosene & jet fuels Fuel oil Lubes & specialities Bitumen LPG Ongoing Projects

  • The refinery has been closed down and converted into a terminal

Other Information - History 1953 - Refinery commissioned by the Vaccuum Oil Company, a subsidiary of Mobil 1996 - Operations transfered to BP 2000 - Exxon sells its share to BP 2003 - Gasoline Desulphurisation unit commissioned 2007 - Acquired from BP by Petroplus 2012 - PWC announes that it failed to find a buyer for Petroplus's Coryton Refinery 2012 - Royal Vopak, Greenergy and Shell UK acquire the site for conversion to a terminal Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Refinery Flow Diagram Information from UKPIA Foster Wheeler Wins Clean Fuels Project For BP's Coryton Refinery, UK Petroplus to Acquire British Petroleum PLC’s Coryton Refinery Petroplus Completes Purchase of Coryton Refinery BP Clean Fuels Project PWC Fails to find a buyer for Petroplus's Coryton Refinery Sale of the majority of the assets at the Coryton site to a joint venture, consisting of Royal Vopak, Greenergy and Shell UK