Dartmouth Refinery

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Summary Information

Brief Description

  • The refinery was a small to medium sized, medium complexity refinery
  • It was [[[Refineries That Are Closed Down | closed down in 2013]]]

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation, 13,037 M^^3^^/day
  • Vacuum Distilation, 6,677 M^^3^^/day
  • Gasoline Desulphurisation
  • Fluidised Catalytic Cracking, 4,928 M^^3^^/day
  • Cat Reform, 1,590 M^^3^^/day
  • Polymerization/ Alkyl-ation, 715 M^^3^^/day
  • Asphalt 238 M^^3^^/day
  • Sulphur, 53 M^^3^^/day

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • The refinery processes crudes from the North Sea, East Coast Canada, West Africa and the Middle East
  • Like other Atlantic basin refineries it has a cost disadvantage

Products Produced

  • The refinery produces a wide range of petroleum products, including gasoline, aviation fuel, diesel, home heating fuel, marine fuel, heavy fuel oil and asphalt.

Ongoing Projects

  • -

Other Information

  • Because the refinery is very old and relatively small, Imperial Oil is considering selling or closing it

History

  • 1918 - Refinery begins production
  • 1989 - Imperial Oil acquired the refinery from Texaco
  • 2003 - Gasoline Desulphurisation unit start up
  • 2012 - Imperial announced it will market the refinery and related supply terminals to prospective buyers in the coming months and consider conversion to a terminal
  • 2013 - Imperial announces the refinery's closure

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. Imperial Oil refineries select ExxonMobil process for lower sulphur
  3. Imperial Oil's Dartmouth refinery now producing low-sulphur gasoline following $80 million refit
  4. 2009 PETROLEUM REFINERIES IN CANADA
  5. Dartmouth Refinery Future Looks Bleak
  6. Imperial Oil evaluating the future of its Dartmouth Refinery
  7. Imperial Oil to Convert Dartmouth Refinery to Terminal