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=== Summary Information === | === Summary Information === | ||
| − | * Ownership: | + | * Ownership: Cenovus |
| − | * Website: | + | * Website: https://www.cenovus.com/ |
* Location: Lloydminster, Saskatchewan | * Location: Lloydminster, Saskatchewan | ||
| − | * Capacity: | + | * Capacity: 4.0 million tons/annum & 80,000 bbl/day |
* Nelson Complexity: | * Nelson Complexity: | ||
* Refining Depth: | * Refining Depth: | ||
Revision as of 11:00, 13 June 2022
Contents
Summary Information
- Ownership: Cenovus
- Website: https://www.cenovus.com/
- Location: Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
- Capacity: 4.0 million tons/annum & 80,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- The facility processes heavy oil into high quality, low sulphur synthetic crude oil to be used as feedstock for refineries in Canada and the United States
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Delayed Coker
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The feedstock for the upgrader is heavy oil from deposits in northeastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan, and bitumen from [[[Tucker Oil Sands Project]]].
Products Produced
- The main product produced is low sulphur synthetic oil
- The upgrader produces a high-value diesel fuel that is sold into the wholesale and retail markets.
- The upgrading process produces two marketable by-products: sulphur and petroleum coke
Ongoing Projects
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Other Information
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History
- 1992 - The Upgrader was commissioned at a cost of $1.6 billion
- 2006 - Husky Energy Proceeds with Engineering for Upgrader Expansion
- 2006 Fluor awarded FEED contract for expansion project
