Touring an Oil Refinery...

For this year’s World Port Day in Rotterdam, we booked a tour of Shell Pernis oil refinery, Europe’s largest refinery (they process 403,000 barrels of crude oil daily). The tour started with an introductory video at the administrative offices, followed by a bus tour around the site, which has 66 plants with the oldest being built in 1948.

We were surprised to learn that there’s 99,500 miles of pipeline, which is enough to circumvent the globe 4 times. After the tour we enjoyed wandering around to see the exhibits along the riverfront and to watch the helicopter rescue demonstrations.