Overview
- One of the Ruhr region’s largest industrial sites, the integrated Scholven and Horst complex, will shift to new ownership under the agreement.
- The asset package includes subsidiary DHC Solvent Chemie in Mülheim/Ruhr and a tank farm in Bottrop.
- The refinery processes about 12 million tonnes of crude per year, producing road and aviation fuels as well as petrochemical feedstocks.
- City leaders welcomed clarity on the site’s future and urged job security and continued investment for roughly 1,800 workers.
- Klesch’s owner pledged to build a strong partnership with employees and the works council, while BP said the divestment supports portfolio simplification and could deliver about $1 billion in operating-cost savings.