Crude Processing At One of Europe’s Top Refineries Goes Offline

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BP’s refinery in Rotterdam had both its crude units offline on Tuesday morning, Reuters reports, citing energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie. A crude unit with a capacity of 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) went offline early on Tuesday. This follows the shutdown of the other 200,000 bpd crude unit in early May for planned maintenance. As a result of the shutdowns, the 400,000-bpd oil refinery in Rotterdam now has both crude units offline. The Rotterdam refinery is one of Europe’s largest and has the capacity to process 400,000 bpd of crude,…