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  Location of Coryton Refinery in Essex | |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| City | Thurrock, Essex |
| Coordinates | 51°30′47″N 0°31′16″E / 51.513°N 0.521°E |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | See owner |
| Owner(s) | Socony-Vacuum Corp, Socony Mobil Oil Company, Mobil Oil Corporation, BP, BP Amoco, Petroplus |
| Commissioned | 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 2012 |
| Capacity | 208,000 bbl/d (33,100 m3/d) |
| No. of employees | 1040 |
| No. of oil tanks | 220 |
Coryton Refinery was an oil refinery in Essex, England, on the estuary of the River Thames 28 miles (45 km) from central London, between Shell Haven Creek and Hole Haven Creek, which separates Canvey Island from the mainland.
It was a part of the Port of London and was the last of the three major refineries on the Thames Estuary to remain in operation, following closure of Shell Haven and BP Kent. Output was delivered by road, sea and rail, and it was linked to Stanlow Refinery in North West England by the UK Oil Pipeline (UKOP). There is a 753 MW gas-fired power station, opened in 2002 and run by Coryton Energy Co Ltd, part of Intergen.
In January 2012, Petroplus filed for bankruptcy. Coryton Refinery ceased production in June 2012. The site is being turned into an industrial hub to be called Thames Enterprise Park.[1]
- ^ "Regeneration of former oil refinery site in Thurrock approved". BBC News. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.