Humber Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: ConocoPhillips
• Website: http://www.conocophillips.com/
  • List of Conoco Phillips Refineries
• Location: North Lincolnshire, UK
• Capacity: 11.5 million tons/annum & 230,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A medium sized refinery, Humber is one of the most complex refineries in ConocoPhillips’ portfolio and one of the most sophisticated in Europe.

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation
• Thermal Cracker
• Fluid Catalytic Cracker
• Catalytic Reformer
• Hydro Desulpherisation Unit
• Gas Recovery Units
• Alkylation Unit
• Coking and Calcining Units
• CHP

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• A high proportion of North Sea crudes are processed, which are transported to the Humber Estuary by tankers, offloaded at the Tetney monobuoy and piped ashore to Tetney terminal, and then on to the refinery
• Humber’s fluid catalytic cracking unit/thermal cracking/coking configuration means that substantial volumes of other feedstocks, such as low sulfur fuel oil and vacuum gas oil, are processed alongside crude oil to fully utilize Humber’s cracking capability.

Products Produced

• 44% - Diesel
• 32% - Petrol
• 08% - Kerosene & Jet Fuel
• 06% - Coke
• 04% - Fuel Oil
• 04% - Petrochem
• 02% - LPG

Ongoing Projects

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History

• 1969 - the refinery came into operation with a capacity of about 3 million tonnes
• 2001 - Major explosion and fire in the Saturate Gas Plant
• 2004 - Immingham Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant commissioned

Other Information

• It is the only coking refinery in the UK
• Power is supplied from the Immingham Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant, which is located adjacent to the refinery. It also supplies steam to the Lindsey Oil Refinery

Relevant Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. Humber Refinery, UKPIA
3. ConocoPhillips Refining & Marketing
4. PUBLIC REPORT OF THE FIRE AND EXPLOSION AT THE CONOCOPHILLIPS HUMBER REFINERY ON 16 APRIL 2001
5. ConocoPhillips to Expand Europe’s Largest Combined Heat and Power Station

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