Whitegate Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Irving Oil
• Website: https://www.irvingoil.com/
• Location: Cork, Ireland
• Capacity: 3.5 million tons/annum & 75.000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity: 5.1
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A small simple refinery, Whitegate is the only refinery in Ireland

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Gasoline hydro-treater
• Isomerization unit
• Diesel Desulphurisation

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Crude oil processed by the refinery is light, low-sulfur crude oil sourced mostly from the North Sea or West Africa

Products Produced

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Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1959 - Refinery starts operations
• 2001 - Irish National Petroleum Corporation sold to Tosco
• 2007 - Conoco puts the refinery up for sale, but backtracks when it doesn't garner enough interest
• 2016 - Irving oil acquires the refinery

Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. Information from Hydrocarbons Technology
3. Submission to EPA on CO,,2,, emissions
4. Irving Oil Confirms Agreement in Place to Acquire Whitegate Refinery in Ireland