Coronavirus: How Fawley oil refinery is adapting to lockdown

The decrease in the use of fuel by cars and the aviation industry means that oil producers and refineries have had to adapt their businesses.

Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire is the largest in the UK and usually processes 50m litres of crude oil a day.

Globally 16m fewer barrels of crude oil are being processed a day and Fawley has found an increase in demand for some items from its chemical plant that can be used in the production of medical equipment and PPE.

A film by Jon Cuthill and Abby Newbery

17 May 2020