Tesoro Salt Lake City Refinery

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Summary Information Ownership: Tesoro Website: http://www.tsocorp.com/ Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Capacity: 3.0 million tons/annum & 58,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description A small medium complexity refinery Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Fluidised Catalytic Cracking - 25,000 Catalytic Reforming - 12,000 Hydroprocessing Naphtha -12,600 Gasoline - 8,000 Diesel - 14,000 Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply The refinery processes crude oil from Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Canada Products Produced gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heavy fuel oils and liquefied petroleum gas The refinery is connected to the Northwest Product Pipeline Ongoing Projects The Tesoro Salt Lake City Refinery Project will expand crude oil throughput capacity by 7% The project allows the Company to increase throughput of transportation-advantaged black wax and yellow wax crude oil to 21 mbpd, an increase of over 100%. The project also includes capital for conversion unit upgrades designed to drive a nearly 3% increase in clean product yield at the refinery. Based on current estimates, the project has a payback period of less than two years and is expected to be completed in two stages in 2013 and 2014, subject to required permitting. Other Information - History 1908 - Refinery operations begin 2001 - Tesoro acquired the refinery from BP together with Mandan Refinery 2011 - Tesoro Corporation Announces the Salt Lake City Expansion and Feedstock Advantage Project Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Tesoro Corporation Announces the Salt Lake City Expansion and Feedstock Advantage Project Tesoro To Acquire Refineries And Marketing Operations From BP