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

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Other Information

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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

Links

1. BP Germany
2. Refinery webpage
3. Environmental Impact Report