Stanlow Refinery is an oil refinery owned by Essar Energy in Ellesmere Port, North West England. It was previously owned by Royal Dutch Shell until 2011. The refinery is situated on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, which is used to transport seaborne oil for refining and chemicals for Essar and Shell.
Stanlow has a refining capacity of 12 million tonnes per year with a barrel per day capacity of 296,000. Consequently it is the second largest in the United Kingdom after Fawley Refinery, and produces a sixth of the UK's petrol needs. Stanlow is also a large producer for commodities such as aircraft fuel, bitumen and kerosene.
Although situated in North West England, the refinery serves much of England as it is linked to Coryton Refinery in Essex through the UK oil pipeline network. Oil is delivered to Stanlow via ship where it is then refined and stored at Eastham Oil Terminal and Tranmere Oil Terminal which are situated nearby.
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