Gelsenkirchen Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Ruhr Oel (BP, Rosneft) Website: http://www.bprp.de/ Location: Gelsenkirchen Capacity: 12.7 million tons/annum & 254,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: 9.3 Refining Depth: Brief Description A large complex refinery with integrated petrochemicals, located on two sites Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation, 5.5 Million Ton FCC - 1.5 Million Ton Hydro-cracker - 2.8 Million Ton Visbreaker - 1.04 Million Ton Coker - 1.7 Million Ton Catalytic Reformer (Continuous) - 1.3 Million Ton Desulphurisation (Gasoline) - 2.6 Million Ton Desulphurisation (M.Distillate) - 4.0 Million Ton Desulphurisation (V.Gasoil) - 0.9 Million Ton Asphalt Unit - 0.45 Million Ton Sulphur Recovery Unit Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply The refinery is supplied by the Nord West Oelleitung Pipeline The refinery is processing of crudes from Russia, North Sea, Africa, Venezuela and other points of origin Products Produced LPG, Gasoline, Jet Fuel, Diesel, Petrocoke, Asphalt Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1935 - Refinery operations commenced 1979 - The two sites were fully integrated 1983 - Veba Oel included the Horst and Scholven sites in the Ruhr Oel joint venture set up with PDVSA 2002 - BP acquires Veba Oel, becoming a shareholder in the refinery 2010 - Rosneft acquired PDVSA's share of Ruhr Oel, effectively becoming a 50% shareholder in the refinery Relevant Links German Petroleum Association In German 2003 Environmental Statement BP Gelsenkirchen, pdf 2007 Environmental Statement Uhde to build turnkey plant for Ruhr Oel refinery in Germany GERMANY- GELSENKIRCHEN REFINERY Facility Fact Sheet Rosneft to Acquire 50% of Ruhr Oel GmbH Jacobs Receives Contract from BP for New Sulfur Recovery Unit