Strathcona Refinery
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| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Province | Alberta |
| City | Sherwood Park |
| Coordinates | 53°32′46″N 113°23′30″W / 53.54611°N 113.39167°W |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | Imperial Oil |
| Owner(s) | Imperial Oil |
| Commissioned | 1975 |
| Capacity | 187,000 bbl/d (29,700 m3/d) |
| No. of employees | 450 |
| Oil refining center | Refinery Row |
The Strathcona Refinery is an oil refinery located in Strathcona County adjacent to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, owned by Imperial Oil. The refinery provides oil products, primarily gasoline, aviation fuel, diesel, lubricating oils, petroleum waxes, heavy fuel oil and asphalts.[1]
The refinery was built in 1975 and replaced older refineries in Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, and Calgary.[2]
A fire occurred at the refinery in 2007 that resulted it in temporarily operating at reduced capacity.[3]
Avgas contamination
[edit]On February 15, 2018 Imperial Oil Limited the Canadian subsidiary of U.S. petroleum company ExxonMobil and sole producer of Avgas in Canada announced[4] that it had notified Transport Canada that it was immediately ceasing all production of AVGas produced at the Strathcona Refinery due to quality issues, specifically that "the product quality issue may cause interference with on-board fuel gauge sensors of aircraft using avgas." Imperial also sent out warnings to airport FBOs about the quality issues and ordered that all sales of Avgas since December 28, 2017 be stopped and the fuel in question be quarantined until Imperial can make arrangements to have the fuel returned to the refinery. As a result many small aircraft have been left stranded at airports across Canada until fuel supplies from neighboring U.S. can be delivered.
Refinery units
[edit]Refinery unit capacities as of 2018[5]
| Unit | Capacity in bpcd |
|---|---|
| Atmospheric Distillation Unit | 189,000 |
| Vacuum Distillation Unit | 69,000 |
| FCC Unit | 64,500 |
| Naphtha Reformer | 21,000 |
| Gasoline Desulphurization Hydrotreater | 30,500 |
| ULSD Hydrotreater | 78,500 |
| Other Hydrotrreating | 52,000 |
| Alkylation | 15,500 |
| C4 Isomerization | 6,500 |
| H2 SMR Production mmscf/d | 20.0 |
| Lubes | 3,000 |
| Sulfur mt/d | 49 |
See also
[edit]- Husky Lloydminster Refinery, Lloydminster (Husky Energy), 30,000 bbl/d (4,800 m3/d)
- Scotford Upgrader, Strathcona County (Shell Oil Company), 114,000 bbl/d (18,100 m3/d)
- Strathcona Refinery, Strathcona County (Imperial Oil), 191,000 bbl/d (30,400 m3/d)
- Sturgeon Refinery, Sturgeon County (North West Redwater Partnership — Canadian Natural Resources and North West Refineries), 80,000 bbl/d (13,000 m3/d)
- Suncor Edmonton Refinery, Strathcona County (Suncor Energy), 142,000 bbl/d (22,600 m3/d)
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Strathcona Refinery". Imperial Oil. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ "About Imperial Oil". Imperial Oil. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Imperial Oil assesses impact of refinery fire". Edmonton Journal. June 3, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ "Imperial notifies Transport Canada of potential aviation fuel quality issue" (Press Release). Calgary, AB: Imperial Oil. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "2018 Worldwide Refining Capacity Summary". Oil & Gas Journal – via Print.