Tuscaloosa Refinery

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Hunt Refining
  • Website: http://www.huntrefining.com/
  • Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Capacity: 3.6 million tons/annum & 72,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:

Refining Units

  • The CDU has a capacity of 72,000 barrels per day
  • The coker has a capacity of 32,000 barrel per day
  • Hydrocracker - 15,000 bpd
  • The diesel hydrotreater has a capacity of 15,000 barrel per day.
  • Continuous Catalytic Reformer - 16,000

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • Local heavy crude.

Products Produced

  • Hunt Refining Company markets gasoline and distillate fuels, supplies home heating oil and diesel fuel, and is a regional supplier of both paving and industrial grade asphalt.
  • Products are partly distributed via the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline

Projects

  • Hunt recently installed two new units at its Tuscaloosa, Ala. facility using the UOP CCR Platforming™ Process and the UOP Unicracking™ Process.
  • The units will help to increase crude throughput by more than 30 percent to 72,000 barrels per day (bpd) and double production of gasoline and diesel.

Other Information

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History

  • 1946 - Refinery began operations
  • 1976 - Refinery was expanded to 35,000 bpd
  • 1981 - Delayed coker commsioned
  • 1986 - The refinery was connected to the Colonial pipeline
  • 2007 - Hunt refining settle pollution case with EPA
  • 2008 - Refinery project launched
  • 2010 - Expansion and upgrade project finished

Links

  1. UOP Technology Helping Hunt Refining Co. to Double Gasoline and Diesel Output for the Southeastern U.S.
  2. Hunt Refining Settles Federal Air Pollution Case for $49 Million