Kwinana Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: BP
• Website: http://www.bp.com/
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• 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)

Ongoing 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

Relevant Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. Kwinana Environmental Report
3. BP awards design contract for Clean Diesel project to Aker Kvaerner Australia

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