Port Clarence Teeside Refinery

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Ownership: Petroplus Website: http://www.petroplusholdings.com List of Petroplus Refineries Location: Teeside North East England Capacity: 5.85 Million tons/annum & 117,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description A small and simple refinery, it has now been closed Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Hydro Desulphurisation Unit LPG Recovery Unit Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: 1.9 million barrels Crude Supply The refinery was originally commissioned to process North African crude With the development of North Sea oil, it switched to processing Norwegian Ekofisk Crude Oil. Products Produced Naphtha, Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel & Bio-Diesel, Kerosene & Gas Oil, Fuel Oil Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1966 - Refinery commissioned 1981 - The large distillation unit was debottlenecked from 4 million tonnes to 5 million tonnes per year and the small distillation unit was permanently shut down and has been demolished 1996- The Dewaxing Unit was completely revamped to convert it to an HDS Unit to allow production of Low Sulphur Diesel. A Sulferfox Sulphur Recovery Unit and a new Sour Water Stripper were also installed. 2000 - Petroplus acquired the plant from Phillips Imperial Petroleum Ltd 2009 - Petroplus announces the mothballing of the refinery Relevant Links Refinery Webpage UKPIA Information Institute of Petroleum Information Petroplus announces refinery is to be mothballed