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Esso Refinery, Milford Haven

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Most of the product from the refinery, about 95 per cent, was sent out by ship. However, the refinery was connected to the national rail network. Trains carrying liquefied gas were sent to the Midlands and Scotland. During the period January to June 1969, there were 656 ships delivering to or from
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on Southampton Water. Milford Haven refinery supplied the west coast and Fawley the rest of the country. Milford Haven also supplemented Fawley's fuel oil deliveries to the London area. The refinery shipped semi-refined heavy gas oil to Fawley for further refining. There were also shipments to
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The labour force was 350 upon opening in 1960 and had fallen to 280 by 1970. The peak labour force during construction was 3,500.
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Ireland and northern Europe. Most of the refinery's crude came from the Persian Gulf shipped in tankers such as the
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The Milford Haven refinery was a 'simple' refinery designed to produce a small range of products, these included:
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The refinery was designed to blend into the area. Storage tanks were located within folds of the landscape, A
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by fans was used to cool oil products, these reduced the amount of water that was required to be handled.
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As originally conceived the refinery worked in conjunction with Esso's older, larger refinery at
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Energy Institute, United Kingdom refining distillation capacity, EI Datasheet 07, January 2019
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The refining distillation capacity over the operational life of the refinery was as follows.
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The refinery closed down in March 1983. Today, the site has been converted by the owners
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Luckas, M.R. (April 1965). "Recent developments in the United Kingdom oil industry".
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Vielvoye, Roger (19 November 1973). "Massive build-up of oil refining capacity".
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Watts, D.G. (January 1970). "Milford Haven and its Oil Industry, 1958-69".
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was provided to eliminate the visual intrusion of an elevated flare.
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Jones, Ceri (16 February 2004). "Call for gas plant disaster plan".
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the Esso refinery, handling 2.81 million tons of oil products.
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Exxon Corp. v Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd
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Accusations of ExxonMobil human rights violations in Aceh
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The jetty was 1200 yards long extending into the haven.
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51°42′50″N 5°04′40″W / 51.713889°N 5.077778°W / 51.713889; -5.077778
United Kingdom
Herbrandston
Milford Haven
Pembrokeshire
Esso
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Legend
West Wales Line
Haverfordwest
Johnston
Neyland
Waterston oil refinery
Robeston oil refinery
Esso Refinery
Milford Haven
Hakin Docks
Newton Noyes / RNMD
Milford Haven
oil refinery
Wales
Duke of Edinburgh
Fawley
Propane
Butane
jet fuels
diesel
gas oil

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