Project Profile
Location: South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire
The Humber Refinery is located in North Lincolnshire and has a crude oil processing capacity of 221,000 barrels per day. Crude oil processed at the refinery is supplied primarily from the North Sea and includes lower-cost, acidic crudes. Humber is one of the most complex refineries in ConocoPhillips’ portfolio and one of the most sophisticated in Europe. It is a fully integrated refinery that produces light products and fuel oil.
Humber is the only coking refinery in the United Kingdom and is the world’s largest producer of specialty graphite cokes and the largest anode coke producer in Europe. Approximately 70 percent of the light oils produced in the refinery are marketed in the UK, while the other products are exported to the rest of Europe and the US.
It opened in July 1969, producing around 80,000 barrels per day (13,000 m3/d). At the time of its opening Britain was using around 83,000 tons of petroleum coke a year, most of which was imported, and used in aluminium smelting. Much of the crude oil came from Libya, as Continental Oil had large discoveries there, and also in Dubai.
Operators:
ConocoPhillips: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
BIS Industrial Services: Maintenance support