Humber Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: ConocoPhillips Website: http://www.conocophillips.com/ List of Conoco Phillips Refineries Location: North Lincolnshire, UK Capacity: 11.5 million tons/annum & 230,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description A medium sized refinery, Humber is one of the most complex refineries in ConocoPhillips’ portfolio and one of the most sophisticated in Europe. Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation Thermal Cracker Fluid Catalytic Cracker Catalytic Reformer Hydro Desulpherisation Unit Gas Recovery Units Alkylation Unit Coking and Calcining Units CHP Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply A high proportion of North Sea crudes are processed, which are transported to the Humber Estuary by tankers, offloaded at the Tetney monobuoy and piped ashore to Tetney terminal, and then on to the refinery Humber’s fluid catalytic cracking unit/thermal cracking/coking configuration means that substantial volumes of other feedstocks, such as low sulfur fuel oil and vacuum gas oil, are processed alongside crude oil to fully utilize Humber’s cracking capability. Products Produced 44% - Diesel 32% - Petrol 08% - Kerosene & Jet Fuel 06% - Coke 04% - Fuel Oil 04% - Petrochem 02% - LPG Ongoing Projects - History 1969 - the refinery came into operation with a capacity of about 3 million tonnes 2001 - Major explosion and fire in the Saturate Gas Plant 2004 - Immingham Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant commissioned Other Information It is the only coking refinery in the UK Power is supplied from the Immingham Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant, which is located adjacent to the refinery. It also supplies steam to the Lindsey Oil Refinery Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Humber Refinery, UKPIA ConocoPhillips Refining & Marketing PUBLIC REPORT OF THE FIRE AND EXPLOSION AT THE CONOCOPHILLIPS HUMBER REFINERY ON 16 APRIL 2001 ConocoPhillips to Expand Europe’s Largest Combined Heat and Power Station