Laurel Refinery

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives CHS
  • Website: https://www.chsinc.com/
  • Location: Laurel, Montana
  • Capacity: 3.2 million tons/annum & 64,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

Brief Description

  • A medium sized high complexity refinery that processes medium and high-sulfur crude oil

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Delayed coker - 15,000 bpd
  • Diesel Hydrotreating
  • Steam methane reformer

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

Products Produced

  • Propane, gasoline, burner fuel, diesel fuel, asphalt, propane de-asphalted pitch
  • Products are transported on the Cenex Oil Products Pipeline

Projects

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Other Information

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History

  • 1943 - CHS acquires the refinery
  • 2005 - A new Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) clean fuels plant was completed
  • 2008 - Delayed coker constructed
  • 2013 - Project launched to connect the refinery to the Express Oil Pipeline System
  • 2014 - Expansion and upgrade project launched
  • 2018 - New hydrogen unit commissioned

Links

  1. CHS ULSD Project Laurel, MT
  2. Foster Wheeler Delayed Cokers
  3. CHS will boost crude oil access with Express Pipeline
  4. CHS will boost diesel production with $406 million Montana refinery investment
  5. New hydrogen plant utilizing TechnipFMC technology in full operation, met performance targets, in Montana