Mineral oil has a long tradition in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, and in the district of Dithmarschen in particular. After all, oil chalk at first and crude oil later have been extracted and refined here on the North Sea coast for more than 150 years. Each year, Raffinerie Heide processes more than four million tonnes of crude oil at its 134-hectare site in Hemmingstedt.
Meanwhile an outstanding proportion of the petrol and diesel fuel consumed in Schleswig-Holstein nowadays comes from our oil refinery, which in its present form has been part of the Klesch Group since 2010 – but the company’s history began well before this.
Raffinerie Heide as a crude
oil refinery and chemicals company
Raffinerie Heide as a crude oil refinery and chemicals company
Our aviation turbine fuel supplies almost all flights departing from Hamburg Airport, while our heating oil ensures 250,000 homes situated between Flensburg and Hamburg have all the warmth they need.
Nearly 60% of the crude oil is used for fuel production. However, we are also a chemicals company and manufacture around 450,000 tonnes of petrochemical products, which are processed into detergents, tyres and interior panelling for cars by the industrial chemistry.
Our ethos
We ensure mobility and heating provision for northern Germany.
We see ourselves as a transparent company with a constant willingness to improve. We see change as an opportunity and are open to suggestions and criticism from within and outside the company. The associated ongoing development of our employees as well as workflows, products and services ensures the profitability of our business. At the same time, we pay attention to technical safety and environmental sustainability. As an independent member of the Group’s Oil division, we support the success of the division, as well as customers and employees, with our ideas and our willingness to build partnerships.Raffinerie Heide, from the Mission Statement