fawley_refinery.zip

Fawley (Exxon) Oil Refinery Scenery for FSX/FSX-SE.

Fawley (Exxon) Oil Refinery site covers some 13 square kilometers (3,250 acre complex) and is situated on Southampton Water, some 5 miles by road from Hythe village in Hampshire (UK). On the seaward side of the complex lie the salt marshes, whilst on the landward side an extensive tree screen surrounds one of the biggest and most complex oil refining and petrochemical manufacturing sites in Europe, namely, ‘Esso Petroleum Company & Exxon Mobile Chemical Limited’. The refinery imports crude oil from around the world, including the Middle East and Russia, although the majority of the crude oil comes from the North Sea. The oil is off-loaded at the Refinery’s Marine Terminal (Module 2) the largest in Europe. Its mile long jetty handles some 2,500 ships movements a year. The refinery stacks can be seen for miles around. Thirty years ago there was a permanent flame over Fawley – the ‘Fawley Flame’ – but is now a comparatively rare event. The refinery’s flares are a normal and vital part of keeping the refinery running safely and works in the same way as a home gas heater – a pilot light burns constantly igniting any gas that is sent to a flare.