Stanlow Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Essar
• Website: http://www.essarenergy.com/
  • List of Essar Refineries
• Location: South of the Mersey estuary near Ellesmere Port, UK
• Capacity: 13.5 million tons/annum & 270,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity: 8.2
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A large medium complexity refinery with a high gasoline and middle distillate yield

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation
• Fluidised catalytic cracker,
• Alkylisation unit
• Platformer
• Hydrodesulphurisation plant

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:
• Total: 2 million tonnes of crude oil and products

Crude Supply

• The refinery's crude oil arrives by tanker to Tranmere Oil Terminal on the south bank of the River Mersey. The crude oil is pumped from Tranmere through a pipeline to storage tanks at Stanlow, 15 miles away.
• The crude is sourced mainly from the North Sea

Products Produced

• Petrol (3m tonnes)
• Diesel (3.5m tonnes)
• Kerosene & Jet Fuel (2m tonnes)
• LPG & Petrochemical Feedstocks (1.5m tonnes)
• Fuel Oil (1m tonnes)

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

• Stanlow was Shell's only remaining UK refinery before Essar Energy of India purchased the plant

History

• 1924 - A small bitumen plant came into operation
• 1974 - Addition of new crude oil unit
• 1988 - The long residue fluid catalytic cracking unit is commissioned
• 2009 - Shell decided to sell and began to search for a buyer
• 2011 - Essar Energy purchases the refinery and related businesses for $1.3 billion

Relevant Links

• Shell, UK, Oil Products
• Information from UKPIA
• Institute of Petroleum
• Essar bids for Shell's Stanlow refinery
• Shell receives offer for Stanlow refinery in the UK
• Shell sells UK Stanlow refinery to Essar Oil (UK) Limited
• Essar Energy enters exclusivity agreement and offers US$350 million for Stanlow refinery
• Essar Energy completes acquisition of Stanlow oil refinery

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