Quebec City Refinery
Also known as Jean Gaulin Refinery
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Summary Information
Ownership: Ultramar (Valero) Website: http://www.ultramar.ca/ List of Valero Refineries Location: Quebec, Canada Capacity: 13.25 million tons/annum & 265,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth:
Brief Description
The refinery is a large medium complexity plant, capable of producing high specification products
Refining Units
Atmospheric Distillation - 170,000 + 95,000 Vacuum Distillation - 48,000 Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 65,000 Hydrotreating Light Naphtha - 30,000 Heavy Naphtha - 48,000 Gasoline - 46,000 Kerosene - 40,000 Distillate - 70,000 Isomerisation - 29,000 Catalytic Reformer - 20,000 + 32,000 Polymerisation - 13,000 LPG Splitter - 20,000
Terminal Capacity =
Crude Oil: Refined Products:
Crude Supply
The refinery relies on foreign crude oil for feedstock, which is received by ship at its deepwater dock on the St. Lawrence River. The reversal of the Enbridge Line 9 Oil Pipeline will bring Western Canadian crude oils to the refinery
Products Produced
LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Bunker Fuel
Projects
See Pipeline Saint-Laurent Project Ultramar is building a pipeline from the refinery to terminals in Montreal
Other Information
Ultramar is a subsidiary of Valero
History
- 1971 - Refinery Commissioned
- 2002 - One of six refineries acquired by Valero in the purchase of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock
- 2002 - Refinery capacity increased to 265,000 bbl/day
- 2004 - Ultramar completed investments of over $300 million, which has enabled the Jean-Gaulin refinery to produce low-sulfur content gasoline
- 2006 - The company completed investments of $300 million to produce diesel fuel with a very low sulfur content
- 2010 - Valero’s Board of Directors gives the go-ahead for work to proceed on the Pipeline Saint-Laurent Project
