Superior Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Cenovus Energy
• Website: https://www.cenovus.com/
• Location: Superior, Wisconsin, USA
• Capacity: 2.25 million tons/annum & 45,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity: 8.9
• Refining Depth:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation, 34,300
• Vacuum Distillation, 20,500
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 11,000
• Catalytic Reformer, 8,000
• Naphtha Desulphurisation 11,000
• Gasoline Desulphurisation, 7,500
• Kerosene Desulphurisation, 6,200
• Diesel Desulphurisation, 5,000
• BenzOUT(TM) (Benzene Reduction) Unit, 5,500

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Crude oil feedstocks are sourced from the northern U.S. and Canada.
• The crude oil is delivered via the Enbridge Mainline Oil Pipeline System

Products Produced

• The Superior refinery produces gasoline, distillate, asphalt and speciality petroleum products

Projects

• The refinery is being rebuilt following the 2018 fire.
• See Superior Refinery Project for details

Other Information

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History

• 1950 - Refinery begins operations
• 2011 - Calumet acquires refinery from Murphy Oil
• 2012 - Start-Up of the BenzOUT(TM) (Benzene Reduction) Unit
• 2017 - Husky bought the refinery from Calumet
• 2021 - Cenovus became the owner following the merger with Husky

Links

1. 2009 Annual Report
2. Murphy Oil Corporation Announces Plans To Exit The Refining Business
3. Calumet Specialty Products Partners, Announces Agreement to Acquire Superior, Wisconsin Refinery Assets from Murphy Oil Corp
4. Calumet Completes Acquisition of Superior, Wisconsin Refinery Assets from Murphy Oil
5. Badger Congratulates Calumet on Start-Up of World's First BenzOUT(TM) Process Unit
6. Calumet Speciality Products Partners, L.P. Announces Agreement to Sell Superior Refinery and Related Assets
7. Cenovus and Husky Combine to Create a Resilient Integrated Energy Leader