Esso refinery Cologne
| Esso refinery Cologne | |||
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| General information about the refinery | |||
| Operational information | |||
| Operating company | Esso | ||
| Start of operation | 1958 | ||
| End of oil processing | August 30, 1982 | ||
| Processing plant | |||
| Input materials | oil | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 0 '21.5 " N , 6 ° 55' 55.1" E | ||
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| Location | Niehl | ||
| City ( NUTS3 ) | Cologne | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
The Esso refinery in Cologne was one of the three oil refineries in the city of Cologne. In 1982 crude oil processing was shut down. The chemical part of the refinery was decommissioned in 1985.
history
In the mid-fifties, Esso acquired an area of around 2 square kilometers in the Niehl district . In addition to the process facilities, an oil port on the Rhine as well as siding and a thermal power station were built. When it was commissioned in 1958, the then Minister of Economics, Ludwig Erhard, was present. In 1977 around half a billion DM was invested in the plant. A modern steam cracker was set up to convert gasoline into plastic precursors. A closure of the refinery was examined by Esso as early as 1978. The refinery's petroleum processing capacity was last 5.7 million tons per year.
Due to falling consumption and overcapacities in the refinery sector, Esso was forced to stop processing crude oil in Cologne. The German CEO of Esso Wolfgang Oehme assured in September 1981 that the steam cracker would continue to operate. In 1985 the steam cracker was finally shut down. A new steam cracker in Mossmoran , Scotland that processed North Sea natural gas replaced the steam cracker in Cologne.
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Web links
- http://www.arbeiterpolitik.de/Zeitungen/PDF/1985/arpo-5-1985.pdf Article about the closure of the Cologne refinery in Arbeiterpolitik (p. 20) from October 7, 1985
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.mwv.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170918_Mineraloelwirtschaftsverband_jahresbericht-2017.pdf ANNUAL REPORT 2017 MWV p. 40
- ↑ http://www.bilderbuch-koeln.de/Fotos/er%C3%B6ffnung_der_esso_raffinerie_1_walter_dick_historisch_450001 Picture of Ludwig Erhard at the inauguration
- ↑ https://www.zeit.de/1982/31/wir-leben-nicht-im-fruehkapitalismus Die Zeit on July 30, 1982: “We don't live in early capitalism”; accessed on May 14, 2018
- ↑ http://www.arbeiterpolitik.de/Zeitungen/PDF/1985/arpo-5-1985.pdf Article on the closure in 1985
- ↑ https://www.ksta.de/koeln/nippes/wird-neues-werk-gebaut--niehl-soll-standort-fuer-fords-e-mobilitaet-haben-25944356 KSA on March 3, 2017: “Will new factory built? Niehl is to become the location for Ford's e-mobility ”; accessed on May 14, 2018