Humber refinery

Humber is a large, complex refinery in the Northern Lincolnshire, in the UK.

It is owned and operated by Phillips 66.

The refinery primarily processes light sweet crude from the North Sea.

The refinery primarily produces transport fuels (gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) but also has coking and calcining that allow it to make anode grade coke.  Products are go to the UK domestic market (~70%) and the rest to the export market

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 13.3

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 221 kbpd

Vacuum distillation   - 157 kbpd 

Coker - 65 kbpd - two units

Visbreaker - 55 kbpd   

FCC  - 51 kbpd   

Alkylation  - 12 kbpd  

C5/C6 Isomerization  - 13 kbpd 

Reformer - 52 kbpd - 2 Semiregen  units 

Naphtha hydrotreater  - 70 kbpd

FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 27 kbpd  

Distillate hydrotreater - 177 kbpd  - 2 units, one for straight run and one for cracked distillate 

VGO hydrotreater - 48 kbpd  

Calciner - two units


Employees - 1100 (including contractors)


Land - 480 acres


Location

Eastfield Rd, South Killingholme, Immingham DN40 3DW, UK 

Humber refinery website

Refinery history

1968 - Refinery commissioned by Continental oil at 80 kbpd

2021 - Conoco Phillips splits with the new Phillips 66 taking all of the refineries, including Humber