Montreal Refinery
History
The Montreal refinery was originally commissioned by Petrofina on September 15, 1955, with a throughput of 20,000 bpd. In the 1970's, expansion work was undertaken to bring capacity to 95,000 bpd. In 1981, the then Crown corporation Petro-Canada acquired the Montreal refinery as part of a government backed $1.6 billion deal to acquire all Petrofina's Canadian assets. The last major expansion of the refinery occurred in 2005 when Petro-Canada made the decision to close a smaller refinery operating in Oakville, Ontario and consolidate the Eastern Canada operations in Montreal. A very substantial investment in the Montreal refinery was made to expand the capacity of that facility to approximately 130,000 bpd. In 2009, Suncor Energy and Petro-Canada merged their operations. The new company is operated under the Suncor name for its general and trading purposes, and under the Petro-Canada trademark for its refined products and its retail and wholesale network.
Operating Units
Unit | Capacity Bbl/day |
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Atmospheric Distillation | 137,000 |
Vacuum Distillation | 54,000 |
FCC | 32,000 |
Naphtha Reformer | 36,000 |
Hydrocracker | 22,000 |
Naphtha Hydrotreater | 40,000 |
Kero/Jet Hydrotreater | 19,500 |
ULSD Hydrotreater | 33,000 |
Alkylation | 4,000 |
The Montreal refinery is complex with both fluid cat cracking and hydrocracking units for gasoil conversion. The alkylation unit plus a high ratio of naphtha reforming relative to total crude capacity indicates that the refinery will be able to produce high octane gasoline.
See also
References
- ^ "Suncor Refining Capacity".
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