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BP operates the Kwinana refinery in Western Australia, which can process up to 146,000 barrels per day (23,200 m 3 /d) of crude oil and is the country's largest refinery, [238] supplying fuel to 80% of Western Australia. [239] BP is a non-operating joint venture partner in the North West Shelf, which produces LNG, pipeline gas, condensate and ...
Capacity. 225,000 bbl/d (35,800 m 3 /d) The Cherry Point Refinery is an oil refinery near Bellingham, Washington, north of Seattle in the United States. Owned by BP, is the largest refinery in Washington state (and was the 30th largest in the U.S. in 2015). It is located about seven miles (11 km) south of Blaine and eight miles (13 km ...
BP strongly disagreed with the ruling and filed an immediate appeal. [28] [361] On 2 July 2015, BP, the U.S. Justice Department and five gulf states announced that the company agreed to pay a record settlement of $18.7 billion. [362] To date BP's cost for the clean-up, environmental and economic damages and penalties has reached $54 billion. [363]
Whiting Refinery. The Whiting Refinery is an oil refinery located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal [1] and operated by BP. The facility is primarily located in Whiting, Indiana, USA, though portions of the 1,400 acres (5.7 km 2) complex span into the neighboring cities of Hammond and East Chicago.
Approximately $2.5 billion of liabilities for BP. The Texas City refinery explosion occurred on March 23, 2005, when a flammable hydrocarbon vapor cloud ignited and violently exploded at the isomerization process unit of the BP oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, killing 15 workers, injuring 180 others and severely damaging the refinery.
Petroleum refining in the United States in 2013 produced 18.9 million barrels per day of refined petroleum products, more than any other country. [2] Although the US was the world's largest net importer of refined petroleum products as recently as 2008, the US became a net exporter in 2010, and in 2014 was the largest exporter and the largest ...
Sohio (1928–1991) [3] The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) was an American petroleum company that existed from 1870 to 1987. The company, known commonly as Sohio, was founded by John D. Rockefeller. [4][2] It was established as one of the separate entities created after the 1911 breakup. In the 1960s, The Standard Oil Company partnered with BP, in ...
Thunder Horse PDQ is a BP plc and ExxonMobil joint venture semi-submersible oil platform on location over the Mississippi Canyon Thunder Horse oil field (Block 778/822), in deepwater Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles (240 km) southeast of New Orleans, moored in waters of 1,840 metres (6,040 ft). [4] The "PDQ" identifies the platform as being a P ...