Stanlow Refinery
Summary Information Ownership: Essar Website: http://www.essarenergy.com/ List of Essar Refineries Location: South of the Mersey estuary near Ellesmere Port, UK Capacity: 13.5 million tons/annum & 270,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: 8.2 Refining Depth: Brief Description A large medium complexity refinery with a high gasoline and middle distillate yield Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation Fluidised catalytic cracker, Alkylisation unit Platformer Hydrodesulphurisation plant Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Total: 2 million tonnes of crude oil and products Crude Supply The refinery's crude oil arrives by tanker to Tranmere Oil Terminal on the south bank of the River Mersey. The crude oil is pumped from Tranmere through a pipeline to storage tanks at Stanlow, 15 miles away. The crude is sourced mainly from the North Sea Products Produced Petrol (3m tonnes) Diesel (3.5m tonnes) Kerosene & Jet Fuel (2m tonnes) LPG & Petrochemical Feedstocks (1.5m tonnes) Fuel Oil (1m tonnes) Ongoing Projects In 2014 Stanlow is embarking on an estimated US$100 million cost improvement programme Other Information Stanlow was Shell's only remaining UK refinery before Essar Energy of India purchased the plant History 1924 - A small bitumen plant came into operation 1974 - Addition of new crude oil unit 1988 - The long residue fluid catalytic cracking unit is commissioned 2009 - Shell decided to sell and began to search for a buyer 2011 - Essar Energy purchases the refinery and related businesses for $1.3 billion 2014 - Essar announces it will mothball one of the columns Relevant Links Shell, UK, Oil Products Information from UKPIA Institute of Petroleum Essar bids for Shell's Stanlow refinery Shell receives offer for Stanlow refinery in the UK Shell sells UK Stanlow refinery to Essar Oil (UK) Limited Essar Energy enters exclusivity agreement and offers US$350 million for Stanlow refinery Essar Energy completes acquisition of Stanlow oil refinery Essar Energy Interim Management Statement for the quarter ended 31 December 2013 - Refining and Marketing UK
