Situated on the Humber Estuary at South Killingholme, the refinery came into operation in 1969 with a capacity of about 3 million tonnes. It has changed markedly over the years in order to meet changing market conditions and output has more than trebled to 11.5 million tonnes.

A unique feature of the refinery is its ability to produce high quality carbon coke from a process using heavy oil residues left over from refining other products. The coke is a vital ingredient in aluminium and steel smelting.

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.

In 2004, construction of a Combined Heat and Power plant was completed, adjacent to the refinery, one of the largest, cleanest and most efficient of its type in Europe.

Facts and figures
Refining capacity: 11.5 million tonnes per year

Output:

Diesel 44%

Petrol 32%

Kero/jet 8%

Coke 6%

Fuel oil 4%

Petrochem 4%

LPG 2%