Whitegate refinery

Whitegate refinery
CountryIreland
ProvinceCounty Cork, Munster
CityCork
Coordinates51°49′08″N 08°14′51″W / 51.81889°N 8.24750°W / 51.81889; -8.24750
Refinery details
OperatorIrving Oil
Owner(s)Irving Oil
Commissioned1959
Capacity75,000 bbl/d (11,900 m3/d)
No. of employees230
Refining unitssee table in text

The Whitegate refinery, near Whitegate, County Cork, is Ireland's only oil refinery. It has a capacity of 75,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), sufficient to provide 40 percent of Ireland's fuel requirements. It was commissioned in 1959 and was redeveloped several times and produces a range of petroleum products.


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