Refinery
Pernis Refinery
bp ·Rotterdam, NL ·LSE:BP ·v1.1
A 400,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Rotterdam, NL, operated by bp. Nelson Complexity 11.5.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 400,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 11.5
- Status
- Operator
- bp
- Parent
- BP plc (LSE:BP)
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/bp-rotterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.8700, 4.3900
Notes
April 2026 news reports crude unit shutdown at Pernis refinery, indicating active maintenance or operational issues. Combined with ongoing hydrogen plant construction and scheduled maintenance from September 2025, the facility continues operating but at reduced capacity due to multiple maintenance activities.
What coverage reports
31
days since one was reported
Shell Reportedly Restarts Crude Unit at Pernis Refinery in the Netherlands After Outage
2026-07-21 · 3 publishers filed it
4
reported in 12 months
operations 4
2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption
These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.
Wire
42 records28 Sep 2011 to 22 Jul 2026General 22 · Operations 11 · Maintenance 5 · Incident 4
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Operations HighShell Reportedly Restarts Crude Unit at Pernis Refinery in the Netherlands After Outagemarketscreener.com + 1 other outlet · matched pernis
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General MediumShell Restarts Crude Unit at Pernis Refinery in Netherlandsmarketscreener.com + 1 other outlet · matched pernis
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General LowShaphargroup selects Honeywell UOP Ecofining technology for Rotterdam SAF refineryBiomass Magazine · matched rotterdam
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General LowShell's Pernis refinery, Europe’s biggest, ramping up jet fuel with supply crunch coming (SHEL:NYSE)Seeking Alpha + 1 other outlet · matched pernis
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Operations CriticalShell's Pernis refinery heard shutting crude unitQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched pernis
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Operations LowShell’s 200MW Dutch Green Hydrogen Plant and Pipeline Link to Pernis Refinery Close to Completion, Says GasunieFuel Cells Works · matched pernis
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General LowShells Opens SDA Unit at Dutch Pernis RefineryIndustrial Info Resources · matched pernis
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Operations MediumShell to restart Pernis refinery by end-NovQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched pernis
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General Lowbp ceases plans for biofuels plant at Rotterdam portbiofuels-news.com + 2 other outlets · matched rotterdam
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General LowBP scraps biofuels project at Rotterdam refineryRenewables Now · matched rotterdam
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General LowBP abandons plans for biofuels plant in Rotterdam portDutchNews.nl · matched rotterdam
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General LowBP abandons plans to build Rotterdam biofuels plantreuters.com + 1 other outlet · matched rotterdam
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Maintenance MediumShell Schedules Major Turnaround at Pernis Refinery in Northwest EuropeShip & Bunker · matched pernis
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Maintenance MediumShell to start major works at Pernis refinery in mid-SepQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched pernis
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Incident CriticalShell shuts units at Pernis refinery after leak, fireQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched pernis
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Maintenance CriticalBoth crude units at BP Rotterdam oil refinery are offline, WoodMac saysReuters · matched rotterdam
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General CriticalShell shuts units at Pernis refinery for major workQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched pernis
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General CriticalShell shuts hydrocracker at Pernis refineryQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched pernis
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Operations MediumShell likely to restart Pernis refinery unit by Sept. 25, report saysReuters · matched pernis
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General CriticalShell shuts second CDU at Pernis oil refinery – reportsQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched pernis
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General LowShell Plans to Carry out Major Work from March at Its Pernis Refinery, Europe's Biggest ...latestly.com + 1 other outlet · matched pernis
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Operations LowBP Rotterdam Refinery resuming operations, vote on union deal WednesdayReuters · matched rotterdam
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Operations LowBP's Rotterdam refinery management, union to talk on MondayReuters · matched rotterdam
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Operations CriticalBP says Rotterdam refinery remains shut in dispute over payReuters · matched rotterdam
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Operations HighBP cuts fuels production at Rotterdam refinery after steam outage -BloombergReuters · matched rotterdam
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General LowBP Rotterdam Oil Refinery, Europe’s Second-Biggest, Suffers Serious IncidentBloomberg.com · matched rotterdam
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General LowBP workers at Rotterdam refinery start work-to-rule actionReuters + 1 other outlet · matched rotterdam
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General LowMalfunction Hits Shell Pernis Refinery Unit Amid Fuel CrunchBloomberg.com + 1 other outlet · matched pernis
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General LowBP eyes major offshore wind-powered green hydrogen plant to supply Rotterdam refineryRecharge News · matched rotterdam
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Maintenance MediumShell to carry out Pernis, Netherlands oil refinery maintenance until end of Junereuters.com · matched pernis
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Incident HighChemical leak injures one at BP’s Rotterdam RefineryHazardEx · matched rotterdam
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Maintenance HighShell brings Pernis oil refinery maintenance forwardHydrocarbon Processing · matched pernis
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Incident HighFire shutters Shell’s Pernis refineryOil & Gas Journal · matched pernis
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General LowShell starts new aromatics unit at Pernis refinery in the NetherlandsShell Global · matched pernis
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Operations HighShell Aims to Restart Most Units at Pernis Before End-AugustBloomberg · matched pernis
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General MediumShell restarting units at Pernis oil refineryHydrocarbon Processing · matched pernis
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Operations HighShell’s Pernis outage hits chemical markets with several force majeuresICIS · matched pernis
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Incident CriticalShell shuts Pernis plant until mid August after fire and leakDutchNews.nl · matched pernis
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General CriticalShell shuts down ‘most’ of Pernis refineryThe Chemical Engineer · matched pernis
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General LowAdvertorial: A chance to shine - project management at Shell Pernis RefineryThe Engineer · matched pernis
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General LowGROUP A: BP rotterdam refineryDesignboom · matched rotterdam
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General LowAlmost Genius: BP Tries To Build "Sustainable" Office For Rotterdam RefineryFast Company · matched rotterdam
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