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Summary Information
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=== Summary Information ===
Ownership: BP
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* Ownership: BP
Website: http://www.bp.com/
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* Website: http://www.bp.com/
List of BP Refineries
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* List of [[BP Refineries]]
Location: Western Australia
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* Location: Western Australia
Capacity: 7.0 million tons/annum & 137,000 bbl/day
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* Capacity: 7.0 million tons/annum & 146,000 bbl/day
Nelson Complexity:
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* Nelson Complexity:
Refining Units
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Atmopheric Distillation
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=== Brief Description ===
Vacuum Distillation
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* Kwinana is a medium sized, high complexity refinery.
Residue Cracking Unit
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* It is the largest refinery in Australia
Merox Unit
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Diesel Hydrofiners
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=== Refining Units ===
Catalytic Reformer
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* Atmopheric Distillation
Isomerisation Unit
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* Vacuum Distillation
Alkylation Unit
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* Residue Cracking Unit
Asphalt Unit
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* Merox Unit
Sulphur Recovery Unit
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* Diesel Hydrofiners
Terminal Capacity
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* Catalytic Reformer
Crude Oil:
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* Isomerisation Unit
Refined Products:
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* Alkylation Unit
Crude Supply
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* Asphalt Unit
Crude oil is delivered to BP Refinery (Kwinana) mostly by ship
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* Sulphur Recovery Unit
Products Produced
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=== Terminal Capacity ===
Petrol, Diesel fuels, Aviation fuel, including jet fuel and aviation gasoline, Bitumen, Fuel oil, Hydrogen, Kerosene, LPG (including propane and butane)
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* Crude Oil:
Ongoing Projects
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* Refined Products:
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=== Crude Supply ===
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* Crude oil is delivered to BP Refinery (Kwinana) mostly by ship
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* It is sourced from the Middle East, West Africa, Indonesia, New Zealand as well as domestic Australian crude oil
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=== Products Produced ===
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* Petrol, Diesel fuels, Aviation fuel, including jet fuel and aviation gasoline, Bitumen, Fuel oil, Hydrogen, Kerosene, LPG (including propane and butane)
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=== Projects ===
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* BP is converting the facility into a Biorefinery
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=== Other Information ===
 
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Other Information
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=== History ===
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* 1955 - Refinery commissioned with a design capacity of three million tonnes of crude per year
History
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* 1984 - BP acquired the refinery from Amoco
1955 - Refinery commissioned with a design capacity of three million tonnes of crude per year
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* 2003 - Aker Kvaerner awarded contract for clean fuels project
2003 - Aker Kvaerner awarded contract for clean fuels project
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* 2020 - BP announces that the refinery is to close down
Relevant Links
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* 2023 _ BP awards contracts for Biorefinery
Refinery Webpage
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Kwinana Environmental Report
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=== Links ===
BP awards design contract for Clean Diesel project to Aker Kvaerner Australia
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# [http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9026995&contentId=7049443 Refinery Webpage]
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# [http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/STAGING/global_assets/downloads/V/verfied_site_reports/Australasia/Kwinana_refinery_2007_2009.pdf Kwinana Environmental Report]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:bp-awards-design-contract-for-clean-diesel-project-t BP awards design contract for Clean Diesel project to Aker Kvaerner Australia]
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# [https://refiningnews.blogspot.com/2020/10/bp-to-cease-production-at-kwinana.html bp to cease production at Kwinana refinery and convert to fuel import terminal]
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# [https://refiningnews.blogspot.com/2023/08/technip-energies-awarded-significant.html Technip Energies Awarded a Significant Contract for Hydrogen Production Unit at bp’s Kwinana Biorefinery]
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[[Category:Refinery]]
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[[Category:Australia]]
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[[Category:BP]]

Latest revision as of 06:19, 29 August 2023

Summary Information

  • Ownership: BP
  • Website: http://www.bp.com/
  • List of BP Refineries
  • Location: Western Australia
  • Capacity: 7.0 million tons/annum & 146,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:

Brief Description

  • Kwinana is a medium sized, high complexity refinery.
  • It is the largest refinery in Australia

Refining Units

  • Atmopheric Distillation
  • Vacuum Distillation
  • Residue Cracking Unit
  • Merox Unit
  • Diesel Hydrofiners
  • Catalytic Reformer
  • Isomerisation Unit
  • Alkylation Unit
  • Asphalt Unit
  • Sulphur Recovery Unit

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • Crude oil is delivered to BP Refinery (Kwinana) mostly by ship
  • It is sourced from the Middle East, West Africa, Indonesia, New Zealand as well as domestic Australian crude oil

Products Produced

  • Petrol, Diesel fuels, Aviation fuel, including jet fuel and aviation gasoline, Bitumen, Fuel oil, Hydrogen, Kerosene, LPG (including propane and butane)

Projects

  • BP is converting the facility into a Biorefinery

Other Information

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History

  • 1955 - Refinery commissioned with a design capacity of three million tonnes of crude per year
  • 1984 - BP acquired the refinery from Amoco
  • 2003 - Aker Kvaerner awarded contract for clean fuels project
  • 2020 - BP announces that the refinery is to close down
  • 2023 _ BP awards contracts for Biorefinery

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. Kwinana Environmental Report
  3. BP awards design contract for Clean Diesel project to Aker Kvaerner Australia
  4. bp to cease production at Kwinana refinery and convert to fuel import terminal
  5. Technip Energies Awarded a Significant Contract for Hydrogen Production Unit at bp’s Kwinana Biorefinery