By Nidaa Bakhsh – Feb 9, 2011 12:01 AM GMT+0000
Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc, Europes largest oil companies, plan to close and sell refineries in the U.S. and Germany on declining demand for fuels such as gasoline in developed nations.
BP plans to sell its 475,000 barrel-a-day Texas City refinery in Texas and its 266,000 barrel-a-day Carson plant in California, the London-based company said on Feb. 1.
Shell plans to stop oil-processing at its 110,000 barrel-a- day Hamburg facility in 2012 after failing to find a buyer, the company based in The Hague said on Jan. 12.
Following are two tables. The first lists refineries around the world that have shut, are slated for permanent closure or conversion, units idled for economic reasons, and those that are up for sale. The second shows refinery sales that have been agreed or completed since early 2010. Capacity is shown in thousands of barrels of oil a day.
FOR SALE, CLOSURE OR CONVERSIONCompany Refinery Status Capacity EUROPE Shell Hamburg Plans to convert 110 Germany site into terminal in 2012, after failing to find buyer, company said on Jan. 12.Shell Stanlow Up for sale. 233 U.K. Announced in August 2009.NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICAShell Montreal Conversion to 130 Canada terminal after operations ceased in Oct. 2010.ASIA PACIFIC Showa Shell Keihin Permanent closure 120 Japan of Ogimachi crude unit in September 2011.COMPLETED OR AGREED SALES Company Refinery Status CapacityShell Gothenburg Agreed sale to St1 78 Sweden Oy of Finland on Oct. 27.Shell Heide Agreed sale to 91 Germany U.K.s Klesch & Co. on Aug. 20.Shell Marsden Pt Shell sells 17% 109 New Zealand share to Infratil and government pension fund in March 2010.To contact the reporter on this story: Nidaa Bakhsh in London at [email protected]
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Full article – the above only shows Shell refineries
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