Fawley Refinery

Fawley Refinery
Fawley Refinery is located in Hampshire
Fawley Refinery
Fawley Refinery in Hampshire
CountryUK
CityFawley, Hampshire
Coordinates50°49′59″N 1°21′54″W / 50.833°N 1.365°W / 50.833; -1.365
Refinery details
Owner(s)Esso
Commissioned1921 (1921)
Capacity270,000 bbl/d (43,000 m3/d)
No. of employees>2,500 (including contractors)
No. of oil tanks330

Fawley Refinery is an oil refinery located at Fawley, Hampshire, England. The refinery is owned by Esso Petroleum Company Limited, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, which acquired the site in 1925. Situated on Southampton Water, it was rebuilt and extended in 1951 and is now the largest oil refinery in the United Kingdom, and one of the most complex refineries in Europe. With a capacity of 270,000 barrels (43,000 m3) per day, Fawley provides 20 per cent of the UK's refinery capacity.[1] Over 2,500 people are employed at the site.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference exxonmobil1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Our people". ExxonMobil. Retrieved 14 September 2023.