Emsland Lingen Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: BP Website: www.bp.com Location: Lingen, Germany Capacity: 4.5 million tons/annum & 90,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation, 4,500,000 tons Vacuum Distillation 2,100,000 tons Hydro-cracker 1,450,000 tons Coker 1,250,000 tons Catalytic Cracker (Continuous) 1,000,000 tons Isomerisation 340,000 tons Desulphurisation (Gasoline) 1,250,000 tons Desulphurisation (M.Distillate) 2,130,000 tons Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply Approximately one third of the processed crude oil comes from Germany, mainly from the production fields of the region. Imported crude oils are supplied through the NWO pipeline which went into operation in 1958 Since 2011 it has also been processing crude from the Schoonebeek Oil Field, just across the border in the Netherlands Products Produced LPG (propane, butane) Gasoline Jet fuels Diesel fuel Light heating oil Heavy heating oil (as needed) Petroleum coke and calcinated petroleum coke Sulphur Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1953 - Refinery starts operations 1976 - The hydrocracker (HC) plant and its subsequent investment, construction of which began was the core of the refinery restructuring. 2002 - BP today took over 100% of Veba Oel 2011 - A small fire broke out in the CDU Relevant Links BP Germany Environmental Impact Report