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The Oil Refinery Oberrhein in Karlsruhe is Germany's largest refinery and one of the most modern and productive refineries in Europe. For our partners ConocoPhillips, Esso, Ruhr Oel und Shell our 1,000 workers refine crude oil into valuable petroleum products such as gas or petrol, diesel, heating oil, propylene and bitumen - around 16 Million tons a year. For southwest Germany we are the most important supply source for petroleum products. [1]
The MineraloelRaffinerrie Oberrhein GmbH (MiRO) refinery in Karlsruhe, Germany, is a joint venture refinery with a gross crude oil processing capacity of 310 MBD, approximately 45 percent being low-cost, high-sulfur crude.
ConocoPhillips has an 18.75 percent interest in MiRO, with a capacity share of 58 MBD. The other owners of MiRO are Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH, Esso Deutschland GmbH and Ruhr Oel GmbH (a 50/50 joint venture between BP and PDVSA). The refinery processes crude oil and other feedstocks supplied by each of the owners in proportion to their respective ownership interests, with each receiving their proportionate share of the products to market. [2]
Karlsruhe Refinery
Nördliche Raffineriestr. 1
76187 Karlsruhe
Germany
Phone: 0721 / 958-01
