Occidental refinery Canvey Island operate, and that the 1973 URL refinery planning permission should be allowed to stand. However, by this time the oil crises of 1973 and 1980 had affected the viability of the refinery and URL undertook not further work on the site. Shell Haven refinery Coryton refinery Kent refinery Occidental refinery Canvey Island The Occidental oil refinery was on Canvey Island, Essex, England. Located in the Thames Estuary, it was a partly-built, non-operational, six million tonne/year oil refinery planned and constructed by Occidental Refineries Limited in 1970–5 and demolished in 1996–7. It was also known as the Occidental Thames refinery. In
Wouri estuary are divided by the Dibamba River and by Monaka Bay and Island. About of the mangrove forest is within the Mouanko Reserve, which extends from the south shore of the estuary to the Sanaga River mouth. The mangrove "Rhizophora racemosa", which makes up over 90% of mangroves in Cameroon, reaches a height of in the Wouri estuary. "Nypa fruticans", an exotic species imported to Nigeria from South-East Asia, has been spreading quickly, encouraged by the local people. The mangrove forests are an important source of wood for making furniture and fences, for smoking fish and for fuel. The leaves of