History

 1924 Grangemouth refinery production begins at 360kTa.
 
1933 Lavéra refinery production begins at 350 kTa
 
1949 Grangemouth Crude Distillation Unit 1 start-up (65,000 barrels/day)
 
1951 First crude oil imports to Grangemouth via deep sea oil terminal at Finnart on the west coast of Scotland
 
1953 Start-up of the 1st Naphtachemie steamcracker : this allows Lavéra refinery to provide naphtha to petrochemical assets
 
1958 Grangemouth Crude Distillation Unit 2 start-up (35,000 barrels/day)
 
1970 Grangemouth Crude Distillation Unit 3 start-up (110,000 barrels/day)
 
1972 Major expansion of Lavéra including the construction of a Hydrocracker
 
1975/6 BP establishes the Forties Pipeline System directly linking the Grangemouth refinery to the North Sea oil fields
 
1985 Lavéra fluid catalytic cracker start-up
 
1991 Grangemouth sulphur recovery unit start-up
 
1992 Lavéra isomerisation unit start-up (unleaded gasoline)
 
1996 Grangemouth hydrofiner plant start-up (new low sulphur diesel capability)
 
2005 Lavéra bitumen specialities unit start-up
 
2006

Major investments for jet-sweetening and clean fuels production at Lavéra. Grangemouth invests in further clean fuel capability by commissioning another sulphur recovery unit and up-grades its deep sea terminal and tankage to further non-Forties crude sourcing flexibility