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Crude oil is delivered to BP Refinery (Kwinana) mostly by ship
 
Crude oil is delivered to BP Refinery (Kwinana) mostly by ship
 
=== Products Produced ===
 
=== Products Produced ===
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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* 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 ===
 
=== Projects ===
 
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Revision as of 09:18, 30 October 2020

Summary Information

Ownership: BP Website: http://www.bp.com/ List of BP Refineries Location: Western Australia Capacity: 7.0 million tons/annum & 137,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity:

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

Products Produced

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

Projects

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Other Information

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History

  • 1955 - Refinery commissioned with a design capacity of three million tonnes of crude per year
  • 2003 - Aker Kvaerner awarded contract for clean fuels project
  • 2020 - BP announces that the refinery is to close down

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