Esso Birmingham Terminal

Esso Birmingham Terminal is a wholesale diesel and petroleum supply terminal located next to the Fort Shopping Park, on Wood Lane in Erdington, Birmingham, UK.^[1] The site is also adjacent to the A47 Fort Parkway, otherwise known locally as the 'Heartlands Spine Road'.^[2]

Esso Birmingham Terminal
General information
Type	Oil storage depot
Location	Erdington, West Midlands
Address	Wood Lane Erdington Birmingham West Midlands
Coordinates	52.5084°N 1.8409°W / 52.5084; -1.8409
Completed	1962
Owner	Esso

Opened in 1962, the site consists of 17 fuel storage tanks, with a combined capacity of 50,000m³, operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.^[3] The site used to be serviced by both rail and road up until the mid-2000s, however the rail connection beneath Fort Parkway has now been severed.

In 2014, it was discovered that a major fuel theft had taken place on the pipeline between the Birmingham Terminal, Birmingham Airport and Esso's oil refinery in Fawley, Southampton. The pipeline had been breached near to an industrial unit in West Wellow, Romsey.^[4][5]

See also

• Kingsbury Oil Terminal
• Oil terminals in the United Kingdom