Kingsbury Oil Terminal

Kingsbury Oil Terminal is an oil storage depot located to the northeast of the village of Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. It was opened in the late 1960s and serves the Midlands region. It is the largest inland oil storage depot in the United Kingdom.^[1] The main operators at the site are Essar, Warwickshire Oil Storage Limited and Valero Energy Corporation.^[2] The site also has facilities from Shell and pipeline operations from the British Pipeline Agency.^[3]

Kingsbury Oil Terminal
General information
Type	Oil storage depot
Location	Kingsbury, Warwickshire
Address	Trinity Road Kingsbury Tamworth Staffordshire
Coordinates	52.5732°N 1.6723°W / 52.5732; -1.6723
Completed	1960s
Owner	Essar Warwickshire Oil Storage Limited Valero Energy Shell British Pipeline Agency

In August 2006 the terminal was targeted by terrorists as part of a terror plot involving several sites across the country.^[4]

Protests

During protests by Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion in April 2022, more than 100 climate activists, ages ranging between 25 and 71, were arrested.^[5]

On 14 September 2022, 51 Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested for breach of court order after blocking the entrance to the Kingsbury Oil Terminal.^[6]