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=== Summary Information ===
 
=== Summary Information ===
* Ownership: Shell Chemical
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* Ownership: Vertex
* Website: http://www.shell.com/
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* Website: https://www.vertexenergy.com/
* List of [[Shell Refineries]]
 
 
* Location: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
 
* Location: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
 
* Capacity: 4.3 million tons/annum & 86,000 bbl/day
 
* Capacity: 4.3 million tons/annum & 86,000 bbl/day
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* Refining Depth:
 
* Refining Depth:
 
=== Brief Description ===
 
=== Brief Description ===
* Saraland Refinery is a small / medium sized simple refinery with hydrotreating capabilities to produce low sulphur products. It produces feedstocks for a petrochemical plant
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* Saraland Refinery is a small / medium sized medium complexity refinery with a hydrocracker and hydrotreating capabilities to produce low sulphur products. It produces feedstocks for a petrochemical plant
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=== Refining Units ===
 
=== Refining Units ===
 
* Atmospheric Distillation - 86,000 bpd
 
* Atmospheric Distillation - 86,000 bpd
 
* Vacuum Distillation - 30,000 bpd
 
* Vacuum Distillation - 30,000 bpd
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* Hydrocracker (renewable diesel) - 14,000 bpd
 
* Catalytic Reformer - 22,000 bpd
 
* Catalytic Reformer - 22,000 bpd
 
* Hydrotreating
 
* Hydrotreating
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=== Products Produced ===
 
=== Products Produced ===
 
* Heavy Olefin Plant Feed, plus refined products: LPGs (liquid petroleum gases), gasoline, kerosene (jet fuel), diesel (# 2 oil), and # 6 oil blend stock.
 
* Heavy Olefin Plant Feed, plus refined products: LPGs (liquid petroleum gases), gasoline, kerosene (jet fuel), diesel (# 2 oil), and # 6 oil blend stock.
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=== Projects ===
 
=== Projects ===
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* The hydrocracker was converted into a renewable diesel unit, and completed in 2023
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=== Other Information ===
 
=== Other Information ===
 
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* 1975 - Refinery is commissioned by Louisiana Land & Exploration Company
 
* 1975 - Refinery is commissioned by Louisiana Land & Exploration Company
 
* 1996 - Refinery is acquired by Shell Chemical
 
* 1996 - Refinery is acquired by Shell Chemical
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* 2022 - Shell sold the refinery to Vertex
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* 2023 - The renewable diesel facility began production
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=== Links ===
 
=== Links ===
 
# [https://www.shell.us/about-us/projects-and-locations/mobile.html Refinery Webpage]
 
# [https://www.shell.us/about-us/projects-and-locations/mobile.html Refinery Webpage]
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# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2024/01/shell-completes-sale-of-mobile-refinery.html Shell Completes Sale Of Mobile Refinery In Alabama To Vertex Energy]
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# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2024/01/vertex-energy-announces-commercial.html Vertex Energy Announces Commercial Production Of Renewable Diesel And Entry Into Working Capital Facility For Renewable Diesel Business]
  
 
[[Category:Refinery]]
 
[[Category:Refinery]]
 
[[Category:USA]]
 
[[Category:USA]]
[[Category:HollyFrontier]]
 

Latest revision as of 07:25, 24 January 2024

Summary Information

  • Ownership: Vertex
  • Website: https://www.vertexenergy.com/
  • Location: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
  • Capacity: 4.3 million tons/annum & 86,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

Brief Description

  • Saraland Refinery is a small / medium sized medium complexity refinery with a hydrocracker and hydrotreating capabilities to produce low sulphur products. It produces feedstocks for a petrochemical plant

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation - 86,000 bpd
  • Vacuum Distillation - 30,000 bpd
  • Hydrocracker (renewable diesel) - 14,000 bpd
  • Catalytic Reformer - 22,000 bpd
  • Hydrotreating
    • Naphtha - 22,000 bpd
    • Diesel - 8,000 bpd
    • Heavy gasoil - 22,000 bpd

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

Products Produced

  • Heavy Olefin Plant Feed, plus refined products: LPGs (liquid petroleum gases), gasoline, kerosene (jet fuel), diesel (# 2 oil), and # 6 oil blend stock.

Projects

  • The hydrocracker was converted into a renewable diesel unit, and completed in 2023

Other Information

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History

  • 1975 - Refinery is commissioned by Louisiana Land & Exploration Company
  • 1996 - Refinery is acquired by Shell Chemical
  • 2022 - Shell sold the refinery to Vertex
  • 2023 - The renewable diesel facility began production

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. Shell Completes Sale Of Mobile Refinery In Alabama To Vertex Energy
  3. Vertex Energy Announces Commercial Production Of Renewable Diesel And Entry Into Working Capital Facility For Renewable Diesel Business