 The refinery from a distance | |
  Location within Cheshire | |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Province | Cheshire, North West England |
| Coordinates | 53°16′22″N 2°50′24″W / 53.27278°N 2.84000°W |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | Shell UK (1924-2011) EET Fuels (2011-present) |
| Owner(s) | Essar Energy (2011-present) |
| Commissioned | 1924 |
| Capacity | 296,000 bbl/d (47,100 m3/d) |
| No. of employees | 960[1] |
Stanlow Refinery is an oil refinery owned by Essar Energy in Ellesmere Port, North West England.[2] Until 2011, it was owned by Shell UK. 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.[3]
Stanlow has a refining capacity of 12 million tonnes per year with a barrel per day capacity of 296,000.[4] Consequently, it is the second largest in the United Kingdom after Fawley Refinery,[5] and produces a sixth of the UK's petrol needs.[6] Stanlow is also a large producer for commodities such as jet fuel and diesel.[7]
Although situated in North West England, the refinery serves much of England as it is linked to the UK oil pipeline network.[8][9] Oil is delivered to the Tranmere Oil Terminal via ship, then pumped to Stanlow for refining and stored for delivery.
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- ^ "Profile". Essar Group. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Manchester Ship Canal". Peel Ports. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Raring to grow". Essar Energy. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
Located near Ellesmere Port in north west England, the Stanlow refinery is the second largest in the UK. With has a nameplate capacity of 296,000 barrels of oil a day, it is responsible for about one sixth of the UK's petrol supply.
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- ^ "Stanlow Manufacturing Complex". Shell. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Stanlow refinery sold for £219m". Manchester Evening News. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ Dowling, Stephen (13 May 2016). "The UK's network of secret fuel pipes that helped win WWII". BBC. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Poole, Robert; Wright, Steve (1982). Target North West: Civil Defence & Nuclear War in Cumbria, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside & Cheshire (PDF). Richardson Institute for Peace and Conflict Research, University of Lancaster.