Pernis refinery

Also known as:

SHELL Nederland Raffinaderij, Shell Chemicals and Energy Park Rotterdam

Pernis is a very large, low complexity refinery in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

The refinery is owned and operated by Shell.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 6.7

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 440 kbpd

Vacuum distillation  - 161 kbpd  

Resid hydrocracker    

Solvent deasphalting    

Visbreaker    

Hydrocracker  - 103kbpd   

FCC  - 53 kbpd   

Alkylation  - 6kbpd  

Reformer - 36 kbpd

Naphtha hydrotreater  

FCC gasoline hydrotreater   

Kerosene hydrotreater   

Distillate hydrotreater   

Hydrogen production   

Asphalt plant   

Resid gasifier   

Employees - 2000

Location

Vondelingenweg 601, 3196 KK Vondelingenplaat, Netherlands

Pernis refinery website

Refinery history

1902 - Refinery commissioned by Shell

1989 - Resid hydrocracker (HyCon) added

2018 - SDA unit added