Clyde Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Shell Website: http://www.shell.com.au/ List of Shell Refineries Location: West of Sydney, Australia Capacity: 3.75 million tons/annum & 75,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description A small scale medium complexity refinery Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Fluidised catalytic cracking unit continuous catalytic reformer (platformer), diesel desulphurization unit benzene saturation unit Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply Crude oil is received from Shell’s Gore Bay Terminal, which is located on ten hectares of land in Greenwich, via an 18 km 300 mm diameter pipeline. Products Produced Petrol (20% being high octane grades); Diesel fuel; Jet fuel; Bitumen, LPG Ongoing Projects Shell has announced its decision to stop refining operations at the Clyde Refinery and convert it and the Gore Bay Terminal into a fuel import facility before mid 2013 Other Information - History 1920s - Refinery commissioned 1928 - Shell acquires the refinery 2002 - An upgrade of the diesel desulphurization unit (HDS) was completed 2005 - Clean Petrol Project completed with commissioning of benzene saturation unit 2011 - Shell proposes to close the refinery 2012 - Shell announces date for closure of refinery Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Shell Mogas Improvement Project Shell Proposal on future of Clyde refinery Shell to cease refining at Clyde Date of Clyde Refinery conversion confirmed Uhde Downstream Oil And Gas Projects