BP

Also known as: 

British Petroleum, BP Amoco

BP is a large multinational oil company with a global portfolio of refineries.

Refineries

Argentina

Campana - 120 kbpd Pan-American (BP & Bridas)

Germany

Gelsenkirchen - 265 kbpd BP (100%)

Lingen - 97 kbpd BP (100%)

Netherlands

Europoort - 377 kbpd BP (100%)

Spain

Castellon  - 110 kbpd BP (100%)

United States

Cherry Point - 251 kbpd BP (100%)

Whiting - 440 kbpd BP (100%)

Company information

Headquarters: 1 St James's Square London, SW1Y 4PD, UK

Website

Refining history

1889 - Whiting refinery commissioned by Standard Oil of Indiana

1908 - Anglo-Persian Oil Company established

1912 - Commissioned refinery on Abbadan Island

1921 - Sohio commissioned Toledo refinery

1922 - Commissioned Llandarcy refinery in Wales

1924 - Commissioned Grangemouth refinery (under subsidiary Scottish Oils)

1924 - Commissioned Laverton refinery (Australia)

1935 - Changed name to Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

1935 - Gelsenkirchen refinery commissioned

1952 - Commissioned the Kent (Grain) refinery

1952 - Lingen (Germany) refinery commissioned

1954 - Changed name to British Petroleum

1955 - Commissioned the Kwinana (Perth, Australia) refinery

1967 - Rotterdam (Europoort) refinery commissioned with partner Chevron

1969 - Acquired US East Coast refining assets of Sinclair

1978 - Acquired controlling interest in Standard Oil of Ohio

1982 - Closed the Kent (Grain) refinery

1983 - Veba Oel placed Gelsenkirchen in Ruhr Oel JV with PDVSA

1985 - Standard Oil of Indiana renamed Amoco

1988 - Acquired Ferndale from Socony

1993 - Sold Ferndale to Tosco

1997 - BP bought out Chevron interest in Europoort (Rotterdam) refinery

1998 - BP merged with Amoco to form BP Amoco

1998 - Closed Llandarcy refinery

2000 - Acquired ARCO (with Cherry Point and Carson)

2002 - BP acquired Veba Oel with Gelsenkirchen and Lingen refineries

2005 - Sold Grangemouth refinery to Ineos

2008 - BP and Husky formed Toledo refinery JV

2010 - BP sold Texas City refinery to Marathon

2010 - Rosneft acquired PDVSA interest in Ruhr Oel JV

2013 - Sold Carson refinery to Tesoro

2017 - Ruhr Oel JV dissolved and BP took full control of Gelsenkirchen refinery

2017 - BP acquired 50% interest in Campana refinery through combination of Pan American Energy with Axion

2020 - BP sold remaining stake in Bayernoil refinery to Rosneft

2021 - BP ceased refining operations at Kwinana refinery in Australia, and began conversion to renewable diesel production

2022 - Marsden Point (New Zealand) - NZRC (BP & ExxonMobil) plant closed and converted to an import terminal

2022 - Durban (SAPREF) - BP and Shell announced indefinite shut down of the refinery 

2022 - BP sold its stake in the Toledo refinery to Cenovus