Europoort Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Gunvor
• Website: https://gunvorgroup.com/
• Location: Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Capacity: 3.75 million tons/annum & 75,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• The refinery was a small medium complexity plant.
• In 2020 the crude units were closed and only the desulphurisation and naphtha processing units remain in operation

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum distillation
• Thermal cracking
• Bitumen plant
• Desulphurization / Sulfur Plant
• Naphtha fractionation
• LPG purification
• Isomerisation plant
• Platformer
• Lubricating oil plant

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• -

Products Produced

• LPG, gasoline, diesel and kerosene

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

• -

History

• 2002 - Foster Wheeler awarded (EPCm) services contract for revamp of a vacuum unit and some hydrodesulfurization units
• 2015 - KPI decided to sell the refinery
• 2016 - Gunvor acquired the refinery
• 2020 - The crude units were closed

Links

1. Contract Awarded to Foster Wheeler by Kuwait Petroleum in The Netherlands
2. Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) And Gunvor Group (Gunvor) Confirm The Final Stage Of Negotiations For The Sale Of The KP Europoort Refinery