Coryton Refinery was an oil refinery on the estuary of the River Thames in Essex. It was a part of the Port of London and was the last of the three major refineries on the Thames Estuary to remain in operation. Output was delivered by road, sea and rail, and it was linked to Stanlow Refinery in North West England by the UK Oil Pipeline (UKOP). Refining capacity was 11 million tonnes per year or 220,000 bbl/day.
In 2007 the plant was sold by BP to Petroplus for £714.6m (around $1.4 billion). On 24 January 2012 it was announced that Petroplus had filed for bankruptcy, putting the refinery's future into doubt. On 28 May 2012 it was announced that the refinery would close due to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the administrators, having failed to find a buyer. On 28th Feb 2013 the gas supply to the site was shut off. Around twelve hours later the flare went out, bringing to an end over 60 years of operations at the refinery.
Visited here with @extreme_ironing. Still lots left to see although large chunks of the site have now been demolished and the rest is disappearing fast. Thankfully the cool little power plant is still standing for the time being. We spent most of our time in there and then made our way through the site to the largest structure. Sorry (not sorry) about the amount of pictures, but there's a lot to see.
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In 2007 the plant was sold by BP to Petroplus for £714.6m (around $1.4 billion). On 24 January 2012 it was announced that Petroplus had filed for bankruptcy, putting the refinery's future into doubt. On 28 May 2012 it was announced that the refinery would close due to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the administrators, having failed to find a buyer. On 28th Feb 2013 the gas supply to the site was shut off. Around twelve hours later the flare went out, bringing to an end over 60 years of operations at the refinery.
Visited here with @extreme_ironing. Still lots left to see although large chunks of the site have now been demolished and the rest is disappearing fast. Thankfully the cool little power plant is still standing for the time being. We spent most of our time in there and then made our way through the site to the largest structure. Sorry (not sorry) about the amount of pictures, but there's a lot to see.
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(((( nice pics! 
