Commerce City Refinery

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Summary Information Ownership: Suncor Website: http://www.suncor.com/ Location: Denver Colorado Capacity: 4.65 million tons/annum & 93,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description The combination of two smaller refineries, it is a complex medium sized plant, capable of processing extra heavy Canadian crude. Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation (3) - 2 Conventional / 1 High TAN capable FCCU (2) Polymerisation (2) Reformer (2) Distillate Hydrotreating (2) High Sulfur High TAN Gasoil Hydrotreating Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply The refinery processes Suncor Synthetics, Canadian Heavy, Colorado Sweet and other Padd 4 crudes

Products Produced

  • LPG, Gasoline (all grades, low octane ”regional”, ethanol blending), LSD/ULSD, Jet, Asphalt (PG grade capable)
  • The refinery is connected to the MPL Mountain Oil Products Pipeline

Projects

In 2006, the Commerce City Refinery Project Odyssey was completed Other Information - History 1978 - Three people were killed in an explosion that occurred in a polymerization unit at the refinery 2003 - Suncor Energy bought the west refinery from Conoco 2005 - Suncor purchased the east refinery from Valero 2006 - Project Odyssey is completed 2011 - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued orders to Suncor Energy to clean up a release of petroleum products Relevant Links Suncor Denver Refinery Overview Commerce City, CO Oil Refinery Blast, Oct 1978 Suncor Energy completes upgrade to its Commerce City refinery Suncor Energy acquires second refinery near Denver, Colorado Suncor Energy reports unplanned unit shutdown at Commerce City refinery Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment updates Suncor cleanup orders to address evolving situation