Dartmouth Refinery

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Contents

1 Summary Information
2 Brief Description
3 Refining Units
4 Terminal Capacity
5 Crude Supply
6 Products Produced
7 Ongoing Projects
8 Other Information
9 History
10 Links

Summary Information

Ownership: Imperial Oil (Exxon)
Website: http://www.imperialoil.ca/ (http://www.exxonmobil.com)
- List of [[[Exxon Mobil Refineries]]]
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Capacity: 4.1 million tons/annum & 82,000 bbl/day
Nelson Complexity:
Refining Depth:

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

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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

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