Page 21 - FINAL Phillips 66 50 Year Book

European refineries basically had produced a lot of heavy fuel oil for
industry, as well as gasoline and middle distillates. Humber would
change all that, its configuration setting a new standard for European
refineries.

Bob Turvey had led a dedicated team through the construction on
British soil of a US-style refinery, configured to produce almost no heavy
fuel oil and almost all gasoline, middle distillates and petroleum coke.
This configuration - and its original capacity - quickly made Humber the
most talked-about and profitable refinery in Europe.

In the late 1960s, Conoco increased refined petroleum product
deliveries by purchasing two vessels – the Jet and the Humber – to
shuttle products from the Humber Refinery to European ports. Two
tankers built in Spain – the Britannia and the Espana – were purchased
to transport the Libyan crude to the refinery as it expanded.

This was one of many developments in the life of the burgeoning refinery.
In June 1969, the company newsletter declared: “Sufficient petrol to
enable you to drive a Mini more than 450 times round the world can
be carried in each of two new rail tanker trains that Conoco will use to
speed transportation of petroleum products from the Humber Refinery.
The first train of 18 tankers has been delivered to the refinery recently
and a further 18 tankers, making a total of 36, are to arrive shortly.
Manufactured by Metro-Cammell Limited, each giant is 60 feet long
and can carry over 70 tons of products.