Rheinland refinery, Wesseling plant

Rheinland refinery, Wesseling plant

The "Rhineland refinery" was created in 2002 from the merger of german refinery RWE DEA in Wesseling and the Shell refinery in Godorf.
It currently employs 1,600 permanent staff.

Now operated by Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH, the refinery (both site) has an annual capacity of around 17 million tons and is Germanys largest refinery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell

Here you can read abote the history (only in german) of "UK Wesseling", a harbinger of RWE DEA:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Rheinische_Braunkohlen_Kraftstoff_AG