Botlek Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Exxon Website: http://www.exxonmobil.com/ List of Exxon Mobil Refineries Location: Botlek, Rotterdam Capacity: 9.1 million tons/annum & 182.000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Brief Description The Exxon Rotterdam refinery has a daily throughput of 190,000 barrels. It is a high complexity plant that produces base oils. Refining Units Atmospheric and vacuum distillation Power Former FLEXICOKER Hydro Cracker Gofiner Hydrogen plant Desulfurization plants Sulfur plants Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply The refinery processed different types of crude oil. It is transported by ship, stored in the tank farms on the Maasvlakte and Europoort and then sent by pipeline to the refinery for processing. Products Produced LPG Gas Naphtha Kerosene Diesel oil Domestic fuel oil Sulfur Petroleum cokes Various raw materials for the chemical sector Ongoing Projects Air Products signed a long-term supply contract and plans to build a new world-scale hydrogen production plant to serve ExxonMobil’s (Esso) Rotterdam refinery in The Netherlands and additional customers in the region. It is expected to be on-stream in the second half of 2011 Other Information - History Construction work on the Esso Refinery Rotterdam started in 1958 and, in May 1960, the refinery was officially opened. The plant has been regularly modernized throughout its life and during the last major modernization in the mid eighties a FLEXICOKER was installed. 2015 - Hydrocracker expansion project launched Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Facts & Figures, Port of Rotterdam Air Products to Supply Hydrogen to ExxonMobil in Rotterdam ExxonMobil to Expand Rotterdam Hydrocracker to Produce Higher-Value Products