Baglan Bay is one of the largest regeneration projects in South Wales alongside Coed Darcy, the £1.2 billion transformation of the former Llandarcy oil refinery.

The former BP Baglan Bay was one of the largest petrochemical sites in Europe, and at its peak in the late 1970s, employed around 2,500 workers. St. Modwen is working with Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to re-develop the site on a planned and phased basis over the next 25 years to help bring jobs back to Baglan Bay.

Baglan Energy Park is the first stage in the regeneration of Baglan Bay. The vision for the area is the phased development of business and manufacturing opportunities on a low-density, high quality landscaped site. The development is situated adjacent to the M4 and has on-site power generation offering advantaged energy costs to businesses located on the Park.

Emerging as one of Wales’ premier business and industrial locations, the Energy Park has already attracted world class investment from a range of companies.

In 1963 BP opened a petrochemical plant at Baglan Bay, partly to benefit from the proximity of the BP Oil Refinery at Llandarcy, which could supply feedstocks. By 1968, BP Baglan Bay 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.