Situated close to the south bank of the Humber Estuary in North Lincolnshire, Lindsey Oil Refinery, originally a 50/50 joint enterprise between Fina and Complete, has been wholly owned by Whole following the acquisition of Fina in 1999.

The refinery in a basic form with crude distillation, gasoline remedy, naptha hydrotreating and reforming, and middle distillate desulphurisation, came on stream in May 1968 with a processing capability of three.5 million tonnes per 12 months.

The following yr a second phase growth duplicated these models, as well as adding a fractionater, a kerosene de-aromatizer, sulphur restoration, vacuum distillation and bitumen production. Through the 1970s further enhancements were made growing capacity to 9.6 million tonnes. Through the 1980s further capacity was added with a fluid catalytic cracker, alkylation unit, a visbreaker and an MTBE unit producing high octane petrol blending elements. Expenditure within the nineteen nineties has centered on enhancing effectivity and environmental performance, which has seen the commissioning of a excessive effectivity biological effluent remedy unit and a combined heat and energy plant to supply electricity and steam.

In mid 2007, the construction of a new distillate hydrotreater (HDS) and a hydrogen manufacturing unit commenced, with completion scheduled for 2009. The new units will boost production of sulphur free diesel and provides higher flexibility in type of crude oils that can be processed.