BP Rotterdam Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: BP Website: http://www.bp.com/ List of BP Refineries Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Capacity: 20.0 million tons/annum & 400,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: 5.6 Refining Depth: Brief Description BP Refinery Rotterdam is one of the largest refineries in Europe with a large FCC and corresponding high gasoline yield. It is a medium complex plant Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit Gas oil desulphurisation plant Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply - Products Produced LPG, Euro lead-free, Ultimate, super plus, diesel, kerosene (aviation fuel), domestic fuel oil, oil fuel and raw materials for the petrochemical industry Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1967 - The refinery was commissioned 1981 - The FCCU unit was commissioned 1997 - BP bought out Chevron's share 1998 - The following plants were added, a Sour Water Stripper Unit (SWS), A hydrogen sulphide recovery plant, the H2S-Recovery Unit, A sulphur recovery plant, the Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU-C) and A gas oil desulphurisation plant, the Hydrofiner-3 Unit. 2001 - A Benzene Extraction Plant and a Hydrogen Recovery Unit were commissioned 2002 - A desulphurisation plant for petrol components was added 2008 - A new plant was commissioned by which the desulphurisation capacity for petrol components was further expanded Relevant Links BP Rotterdam Leaflet THE NETHERLANDS: ROTTERDAM REFINERY Facility Fact Sheet Jacobs Receives Contract from BP for Rotterdam Refinery