Kingsbury Oil Terminal

{{Short description| Oil storage depot in Warwickshire, England}}

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| location = Kingsbury, Warwickshire

| address = Trinity Road
Kingsbury
Tamworth
Staffordshire

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Warwickshire Oil Storage Limited
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Kingsbury Oil Terminal is an oil storage depot located to the northeast of the village of Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England.

It was opened in the late 1960s and serves the Midlands region. It is the largest inland oil storage depot in the United Kingdom.{{cite news|url= http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/tm_objectid=16476163&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=we-couldn-t-cope-with-oil-fire-here--name_page.html|title= We couldn't cope with oil fire here|date= 12 December 2005|access-date= 15 July 2008|newspaper= Birmingham Mail}}

The main operators at the site are Essar, Warwickshire Oil Storage Limited and Valero Energy Corporation.{{cite news|url=http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/corporate/newsstor.nsf/eab8528efaf1e43c80256e85002b9c9e/b01714f51f629083802572fe00428ab2?OpenDocument |title=Safety advice and guidance for Kingsbury residents |publisher=Warwickshire County Council |date=19 June 2007 |access-date=16 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616060612/http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/corporate/newsstor.nsf/eab8528efaf1e43c80256e85002b9c9e/b01714f51f629083802572fe00428ab2?OpenDocument |archive-date=16 June 2011 }} The site also has facilities from Shell and pipeline operations from the British Pipeline Agency.{{cite web|url= http://www.emergencymanagement.org.uk/news/kingsbury/tabid/2561/default.aspx|title= EmergencyManagement.org.uk}}

History

It opened on 19 March 1969, and officially opened on 24 March 1969 by Roy Mason, the Minister of Power,Birmingham Mail Friday 29 September 1967, page 5 and also the Thames-Mersey oil pipeline, which cost £8.5m, being 245 miles. This pipeline would carry 4m tonnes of oil per year, at first, leading to 8m tonnes. There was an official luncheon at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire.Coleshill Chronicle Friday 28 March 1969, page 17

It cost £3.5m, with 36 tanks, holding 200,000 tons. 200 road tankers would operate, with a 50 mile radius from the site. It was built for Regent Oil, Mobil, Shell-Mex and BP, and Petrofina.

In August 2006 the terminal was targeted by terrorists as part of a terror plot involving several sites across the country.{{cite news|url= http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/04/04/alleged-terrorists-researched-kingsbury-oil-terminal-65233-20721388/|title= Alleged terrorists researched Kingsbury oil terminal|date= 4 April 2008|access-date= 15 July 2008|newspaper= Birmingham Post}}

Protests

During protests by Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion in April 2022, more than 100 climate activists, ages ranging between 25 and 71, were arrested.{{cite web |date=7 April 2022 |title=More than 100 arrests during week of protests at Kingsbury oil terminal |url=https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-04-07/just-stop-oil-claims-activists-inside-the-kingsbury-oil-terminal |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=ITV News }}

On 14 September 2022, 51 Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested for breach of court order after blocking the entrance to the Kingsbury Oil Terminal.{{cite web |last=Harrison |first=Claire |date=15 September 2022 |title=Chaos at Kingsbury Oil Terminal as police arrest 51 protesters |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/chaos-kingsbury-oil-terminal-police-25027270 |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=CoventryLive }}

References

External links

[http://www.zettai.net/find/warwickshire/oil-fuel-distributors/ Oil fuel distributors in Warwickshire]

Category:1969 establishments in England

Category:BP buildings and structures

Category:Buildings and structures in Warwickshire

Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1969

Category:Kingsbury, Warwickshire

Category:Oil terminals

Category:Petroleum infrastructure in the United Kingdom