Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,756 pages of information and 247,134 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1921 The first refinery on the site was developed by the Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Petroleum Company.
Esso acquired Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Petroleum
1951 Esso opened a new refinery on the site.
Today the refinery processes 330,000 barrels of crude oil every day, providing 20 per cent of the UK's total refining capacity.
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