Editing Tranmere Oil Terminal (section)

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{{Infobox oil refinery
| name           = Tranmere Oil Terminal
| image          = Tranmere oil terminal - geograph.org.uk - 291919.jpg
| caption        = Viewed from the shore
| location_map       = United Kingdom Cheshire
| location_map_width = 
| location_map_text  = Location within [[Cheshire]]
| coordinates    = 
| coordinates_ref    = 
| country        = England, United Kingdom
| city      = [[Birkenhead]], [[Merseyside]]   
| operator       =[[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell UK]] (1924–2011)<br>[[Essar Energy|Essar Oil UK]] (2011-''present'') 
| owner          = [[Essar Energy]] (2011-''present'')
| founded        = 1960
| closure        = 
| capacity bbl/d = 296000
| employees      = 960<ref name="essar">{{Cite news |title=Royal Dutch Shell to sell Stanlow refinery for $1.3bn |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12895521 |work=BBC News |date=29 March 2011 |accessdate=2012-03-30}}</ref>
| ref units      = 
| oil tank       = 
| oil refining center =
}}

'''Tranmere Oil Terminal''' is situated on the [[River Mersey]], {{convert|1.5|mi|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Birkenhead]]. It was opened on 8 June 1960 to handle vessels of up to 65,000 tons, at two berths (North and South).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canalarchive.org.uk/Tpages/html/T2224.html|title=Port of Manchester - Queen Elizabeth II Dock|work=canalarchive.org.uk|accessdate=7 September 2016}}</ref> It is connected to the [[Stanlow Refinery|Stanlow Oil Refinery]] by a {{convert|15|mi|km|abbr=on}} crude oil pipeline. and a fuel oil pipeline. Part of the terminal occupies the site of a former ferry service to [[Liverpool]], with the extant pier considerably modified.

The terminal is operated by the [[Mersey Docks and Harbour Company]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2019 |title=Plans in the pipeline |url=https://www.insidermedia.com/publications/north-west-business-insider/north-west-business-insider-january-2019/plans-in-the-pipeline |access-date=7 June 2020 |website=Insider Media}}</ref>