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The Stanlow Manufacturing Complex is at the heart of Britain’s oil and chemical production industry. The only Shell refinery in the UK, it is a massive converter of crude oil into products that are the lifeblood of British Industries.
Stanlow lies on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. It employs some 800 people and processes 12 million tonnes of crude a year, mainly from the North Sea.
The refinery produces a range of oil products including about one sixth of Britain's petrol (about 4,000 million litres a year) and around 15,000 million litres of kerosene a year - enough to fuel 21,000 A300 airline planes.
The refinery's crude oil arrives by tanker to Tranmere Oil Terminal on the south bank of the River Mersey. The crude oil is pumped from Tranmere through a pipeline to storage tanks at Stanlow, 15 miles away.
Stanlow's distribution is mainly via road (50%) and pipeline (30%). Twenty percent of the products leave via the Manchester Ship canal.
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