Coryton Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Petroplus
- Website: http://www.petroplusholdings.com/
- List of Petroplus Refineries
- Location: Situated 30 miles from London, along the Thames Estuary
- Capacity: 11 million tons/annum & 220,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
Refining Units
- atmospheric distillation
- vacuum distillation
- fluid catalytic cracking
- Catalytic reformer
- Hydro desulphurisation units
- Gas recovery unit
- Isomerisation unit
- Alkylation unit
- Lube base oil production units
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery's crude oil supply arrives via the five operational jetties
Products Produced
- Petrol
- Diesel
- Kerosene & jet fuels
- Fuel oil
- Lubes & specialities
- Bitumen
- LPG
Ongoing Projects
- -
Other Information
- -
History
- 1953 - Refinery commissioned by the Vaccuum Oil Company, a subsidiary of Mobil
- 1996 - Operations transfered to BP
- 2000 - Exxon sells its share to BP
- 2003 - Gasoline Desulphuriastion unit commissioned
- 2007 - Acquired from BP by Petroplus
Relevant Links
- Refinery Webpage
- Refinery Flow Diagram
- Information from UKPIA
- Wikipedia Page
- Carlyle-Backed Petroplus Scarfs Up BP Refinery
- BP Clean Fuels Project
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