Project Profile
Value: US$1.3 billion
Location: South bank of the Manchester Ship Canal
Capacity: 12 million tonnes of crude oil per year
Area: 1,900 acres (7.7 km2)
Stanlow Refinery is an oil refinery owned by Essar Energy in Ellesmere Port, North West England. It was previously owned by Royal Dutch Shell until 2011. The refinery is situated on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, which is used to transport seaborne oil for refining and chemicals for Essar and Shell.
Stanlow has a refining capacity of 12 million tonnes per year with a barrel per day capacity of 296,000. Consequently it is the second largest in the United Kingdom after Fawley Refinery, and produces a sixth of the UK\'s petrol needs. Stanlow is also a large producer for commodities such as aircraft fuel, bitumen and kerosene.
Although situated in North West England, the refinery serves much of England as it is linked to Coryton Refinery in Essex through the UK oil pipeline network. Oil is delivered to Stanlow via ship where it is then refined and stored at Eastham Oil Terminal and Tranmere Oil Terminal which are situated nearby.
In 2010, Royal Dutch Shell declared their desire to sell off their refineries in Europe to concentrate on emerging markets in Asia and the Middle East which led to the possibility that Stanlow would be shut down indefinitely. Consequently, Stanlow was put up for sale. After a prolonged period of negotiation, Stanlow was sold by Shell to Essar Energy for approximately US$1.3 billion (£814m) in 2011.
Products include:
Petrol - 3 million tonnes
Diesel - 3.5 million tonnes
Kerosene/jet fuel - 2 million tonnes
LPG & petrochemical feedstocks - 1.5 million tonnes
Fuel oil - 1 million tonnes
Newey & Eyre have provided a range of electrical consumables to the Shell Refinery Stanlow at Ellesmere Port.
The petrochemical facility supplies 20 per cent of the UK’s petrol and diesel requirements.
Operators:
Essar Oil: Operator with 100% interest
Shell: Sold interest to Essar in 2011
Contractors:
Foster Wheeler Energy: EPC contract
Subcontractors:
Newey & Eyre: Provided a range of electrical consumables