Institute of Petroleum - Coryton Refinery - Products and Distribution

Products and Markets

Each product has a different market. LPG is used for bottled gas. Gasoline is used by cars and lorries. Coryton produces 13 million litres of gasoline each day. This is 40% of the refinery output, the most important product by volume. Kerosene is used as aviation fuel and for lighting and heating. Diesel is used for road transport and trains. Lubricating oil is used for cars and machinery. Wax is used for polish, wax crayons and food packaging. Fuel oil is used by power stations, factories and ships engines. Bitumen is used for tarring roads and coating felt roofs.

Fig. 18 Products of the Lubricants Zone

Fig. 17 BP Amoco has over 1000 service stations in the UK

Fig. 19 A road tanker

Product Distribution

Exports Forty percent of the production of Coryton is exported. All exports are transported by ship.

UK Deliveries Sixty percent of production is distributed around the UK by pipeline, road tanker, rail or coastal shipping. The UK pipeline network is shown in Figure 20.

Fig. 20 The BP Amoco/Mobil joint venture pipeline supply network

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