Gelsenkirchen Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Ruhr Oel (BP, Rosneft)
• Website: http://www.bprp.de/
• Location: Gelsenkirchen
• Capacity: 12.7 million tons/annum & 254,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity: 9.3
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A large complex refinery with integrated petrochemicals, located on two sites

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation, 5.5 Million Ton
• FCC - 1.5 Million Ton
• Hydro-cracker - 2.8 Million Ton
• Visbreaker - 1.04 Million Ton
• Coker - 1.7 Million Ton
• Catalytic Reformer (Continuous) - 1.3 Million Ton
• Desulphurisation (Gasoline) - 2.6 Million Ton
• Desulphurisation (M.Distillate) - 4.0 Million Ton
• Desulphurisation (V.Gasoil) - 0.9 Million Ton
• Asphalt Unit - 0.45 Million Ton
• Sulphur Recovery Unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery is supplied by the Nord West Oelleitung Pipeline
• The refinery is processing of crudes from Russia, North Sea, Africa, Venezuela and other points of origin

Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline, Jet Fuel, Diesel, Petrocoke, Asphalt

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

• -

History

• 1935 - Refinery operations commenced
• 1979 - The two sites were fully integrated
• 1983 - Veba Oel included the Horst and Scholven sites in the Ruhr Oel joint venture set up with PDVSA
• 2002 - BP acquires Veba Oel, becoming a shareholder in the refinery
• 2010 - Rosneft acquired PDVSA's share of Ruhr Oel, effectively becoming a 50% shareholder in the refinery

Relevant Links

• German Petroleum Association In German
• 2003 Environmental Statement BP Gelsenkirchen, pdf
• 2007 Environmental Statement
• Uhde to build turnkey plant for Ruhr Oel refinery in Germany
• GERMANY- GELSENKIRCHEN REFINERY Facility Fact Sheet
• Rosneft to Acquire 50% of Ruhr Oel GmbH
• Jacobs Receives Contract from BP for New Sulfur Recovery Unit

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