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A petrochemical plant towering over residential housing, Baglan Bay, Wales, 1975. By the late 1960s British Petroleum's (BP) plant at Baglan Bay, near Swansea, was one of the largest petrochemical sites in Europe, employing 2500 workers at its peak in 1974. However, market changes led to the gradual closure of the facility between 1994 and 2004.