Stanlow Refinery

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Stanlow Refinery is part of Shell Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, United Kingdom. The refinery dates back to 1924.^{[citation needed]}

Crude oil is received at the Tranmere Oil Terminal on the River Mersey and is transferred via a 15 mile pipeline to storage at Stanlow. Output is delivered by pipeline (40%) via the UKOP pipeline, road (30%) and (30%), via the Manchester Ship Canal.

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Refining capacity: 12 million tonnes per year

• Product output
• 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