El Dorado Refinery

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Summary Information

Brief Description

  • One of the largest refineries in the plains states and the Rocky Mountain region, it is a medium sized, complex refinery tht processes a wide range of crude oils

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Vacuum Distillation - 56,000
  • Delayed Coker - 19,000
  • Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 40,000
  • Catalytic Reformer - 7,500 + 22,500
  • Desulphurisation
    • Naphtha - 42,000
    • Jet Fuel - 10,000
    • Diesel - 51,000
    • Heavy Gas Oil - 45,000

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • The El Dorado Refinery can select from many different types of crude oil because of its direct access to the Cushing, Oklahoma hub
  • Crude is supplied via the Jayhawk Crude Oil Pipeline

Products Produced

Projects

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Other Information

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History

  • 1999 - Frontier purchased the El Dorado, KS refinery from the Shell-Texaco joint venture, Equilon,

Links

  1. HollyFrontier, Refineries
  2. Refinery Webpage
  3. HollyFrontier Corporation and Holly Energy Partners Announce Agreement in Principle for Acquisition of Pipeline and Tankage Assets