Shell Haven Refinery
Shell Haven, a port on the north bank of the Thames Estuary at Thurrock, Essex, became the site of a large refinery for Shell Oil, intially as the Asiatic Petroleum Company, a sales company formed by Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading Co, prior to their merger as Royal Dutch Shell. A licence was obtained in 1912 to store petroleum at Shell Haven, in iron tanks, each containing not more than 4,000 tonnes. Refinery operations began in 1916 with a distillation plant. The refinery closed in 1999 and the site was purchased by DP World who received planning consent in May 2007 for the new London Gateway deep water container port at the site. The neighbouring Coryton Refinery remained in operation until 2012.
The above information is condensed from the Wikipedia entry.
The Refinery was used as a location in the film Quatermass 2.