10 BP Texas
City
The British super major’s largest refining complex and
only entry in this top 10, Texas
City is the third
largest refinery in the USA and one of the most versatile, processing up to 54
different types of crude oil from oil over the world.
Location – Texas City, Texas, USA
Owner/Operator – BP
Capacity - 23.0 million tons/annum
Location – Texas City, Texas, USA
Owner/Operator – BP
Capacity - 23.0 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day -
467,720
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9
Baton Rouge
Refinery
Located in the capital city of Louisiana State, the
Baton Rouge refinery is the second largest refinery in
the United States and produces a wide range of petrochemical derivatives from
motor and aviation fuel to petroleum coke and waxes.
Location – Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Owner/Operator – Exxon Mobil
Capacity - 25.0 million tons/annum
Location – Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Owner/Operator – Exxon Mobil
Capacity - 25.0 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day -
503,000
8 Ras Tanura Refinery
Ras Tanura is Saudi
Aramco’s largest refinery and the biggest in the Middle East. The complex
processes both crude oil and gas condensates and has an natural gas liquids
(NGL) processing facility and a crude stabilisation facility.
Location – Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
Owner/Operator – Saudi Aramco
Capacity - 27.5 million tons/annum
Location – Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
Owner/Operator – Saudi Aramco
Capacity - 27.5 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day -
550,000
7 Baytown
Refinery
Opened in 1920, Exxon’s Baytown refinery is the largest in
the United States, the second largest in the Western hemisphere and also Exxon’s
second largest facility after its Singapore complex. The company recently
completed a project to install Ultra-low-sulphur diesel (ULSD) units across 3 US
refineries in the US at a cost of $1 billion.
Location – Baytown, Texas, USA
Owner/Operator – Exxon Mobil
Capacity - 28.6 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 572,500
Location – Baytown, Texas, USA
Owner/Operator – Exxon Mobil
Capacity - 28.6 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 572,500
6 Exxon Mobil Singapore Refinery
Coming on stream as the Jurong refinery in 1965, the
complex has undergone several upgrades under the aegis of Mobil and Exxon Mobil,
including the plan to construct a diesel hydrotreater at the complex, increasing
the refinery’s production capacity of ultra low sulphur diesel (ULSD) fuel.
Location – Jurong Island, Singapore
Owner/Operator – Exxon Mobil
Capacity - 30 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 605,000
Location – Jurong Island, Singapore
Owner/Operator – Exxon Mobil
Capacity - 30 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 605,000
5 S Oil Ulsan
Refinery
S Oil’s Ulsan refinery complex is
the South Korea’s third largest refinery, and the second largest refining
complex in Ulsan itself. The $1.2 billion “Onsan Refinery Expansion Project” was
completed in 2011, equipping the plant with an 89,000 bpd condensate splitter
and petrochemical plants.
Location - Ulsan, South Korea
Owner/Operator - S Oil (Saudi Aramco and Hanjin Group)
Capacity - 33,5 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 669,000
Location - Ulsan, South Korea
Owner/Operator - S Oil (Saudi Aramco and Hanjin Group)
Capacity - 33,5 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 669,000
4 GS-Caltex Yeosu
Refinery
South Korea’s second biggest refinery and
Asia’s third, the GS-Caltex Yeosu
Complex is home to the world's largest vacuum distillation unit,
completed in 2007 at a cost of $1.5 billion.
Location - Yeosu, South Korea
Owner/Operator - GS-Caltex (50% Chevron/ 50% GS Holdings)
Capacity - 40 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 730,000
Location - Yeosu, South Korea
Owner/Operator - GS-Caltex (50% Chevron/ 50% GS Holdings)
Capacity - 40 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 730,000
3
SK Energy Ulsan Refinery
Complex
Opened in 1964, the Ulsan
complex is the largest in South Korea and the second largest in Asia,
housing 16 million barrels of oil in 34 large-scale crude oil storage tanks and
producing LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel and Asphalt for the foreign and
domestic markets.
Location - Ulsan, South Korea
Owner/Operator - SK Energy
Capacity - 40.2 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 850,000
Location - Ulsan, South Korea
Owner/Operator - SK Energy
Capacity - 40.2 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 850,000
2 Paraguaná Refinery
Complex
The Paraguaná
Refinery Complex in North-western Venezuela was created as a result
of the amalgamation of three extant refineries: Amuay, Bajo Grande and Cardón.
The complex currently holds 71% of the refining capacity of the oil-rich South
American nation.
Location – Paraguaná, Falcón, Venezuela
Owner/Operator - Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA)
Capacity - undisclosed
Location – Paraguaná, Falcón, Venezuela
Owner/Operator - Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA)
Capacity - undisclosed
Barrels per Day -
940,000
1
Jamnagar
Refinery
The Jamnagar Refinery
Complex located in the Jamnagar Special Economic Zone
(SEZ) GUJARAT, INDIA is by far the largest oil refinery in on Earth and the
de facto petroleum hub of the world.
With 1.24 million barrels per day of nominal crude processing capacity, the Jamnagar Complex outputs 1.6% of global capacity and one third of India’s total oil consumption.
Location - Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Owner/Operator - Reliance Industries Limited
Capacity - 62 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 1,240,000
With 1.24 million barrels per day of nominal crude processing capacity, the Jamnagar Complex outputs 1.6% of global capacity and one third of India’s total oil consumption.
Location - Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Owner/Operator - Reliance Industries Limited
Capacity - 62 million tons/annum
Barrels per Day - 1,240,000
