Grangemouth Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Ineos
• Website: http://www.ineosrefining.com/
• Location: Grangemouth, East Coast of Scotland, UK
• Capacity: 10.5 million tons/annum & 210,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• Grangemouth is a medium sized, medium complexity refinery with integrated petrochemicals

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
• Hydro Cracker
• Catalytic Reformer
• Diesel Hydrodesulphurisation
• sulphur recovery unit
• alkylation unit
• Specialist Units for Petrochemicals

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• It is directly connected to the North Sea oil fields via the Forties Pipeline System, from which it sources the majority of its crude oil at a significant freight advantage versus its competitors
• It is also connected to its own deep water terminal at Finnart on the west coast of Scotland via which it imports alternative crudes (North Sea, Russia and Africa etc)

Products Produced

• 22% - Petrol
• 24% - Diesel
• 13% - Kerosene & Jet Fuel
• 08% - Gas Oil
• 15% - Fuel Oil
• 12% - LPG / Petrochemical Feedstocks
• 06% - Fuel Gas / Other

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

• Ineos has been looking for an acquirer for the refinery since 2009. Media reports suggest that Petrochina is interested

History

• 1924 - Grangemouth refinery production begins
• 1981 - the commissioning of an alkylation unit
• 1987 - Explosion and Fire in the Hydrocracker Complex
• 2000 - FCC closed after fire
• 2004 - FCC brought back on line after revamp
• 2005 - BP sold the refinery to Ineos
• 2011 - Petrochina takes a share in Ineos refining and trading business

Relevant Links

• Ineos Grangemouth Refinery, UKPIA
• The Hydrocracker Explosion and Fire at BP Oil, Grangemouth Refinery. 22nd March 1987
• Grangemouth, Energy Institute
• PetroChina and INEOS announce plans for new trading and refining JV in Europe
• BP Grangemouth To Reinvest In Refinery Unit

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