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<p>Created page with &quot;Summary Information Ownership: Western Refining Website: http://www.wnr.com/ Location: Yorktown, Virginia, USA Capacity: 3.5 million tons/annum &amp; 70,000 bbl/day Nelson Complex...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Summary Information<br /> Ownership: Western Refining<br /> Website: http://www.wnr.com/<br /> Location: Yorktown, Virginia, USA<br /> Capacity: 3.5 million tons/annum &amp; 70,000 bbl/day<br /> Nelson Complexity: 11.4<br /> Refining Depth:<br /> Brief Description<br /> A small medium complexity refinery.<br /> As of September 2010, the plant is mothballed<br /> Refining Units<br /> Atmospheric Distillation<br /> Vacuum Distillation - 41,500<br /> Delayed Coker - 22,500<br /> Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 30,000<br /> Catalytic Reformer - 12,000<br /> Polymerization unit<br /> Desulphurisation<br /> Naphtha - 12,000<br /> Gasoline - 30,000<br /> Diesel - 12,000<br /> Other - 18,960<br /> Terminal Capacity<br /> Crude Oil:<br /> Refined Products:<br /> Crude Supply<br /> Most of the Yorktown refinery’s feedstocks come from Canada, the North Sea, South America, and the Far East.<br /> All of the crude oil supplied to this refinery is delivered by barge directly to the dock.<br /> Yorktown imports other feedstocks to supplement the processing units and blendstocks to optimize blending operations.<br /> Products Produced<br /> Gasoline, diesel, propane, butane, heavy fuel oils, and petroleum coke<br /> Products can be distributed via the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline<br /> Ongoing Projects<br /> -<br /> Other Information<br /> The company announced that it was mothballing the refinery in September 2010<br /> History<br /> 1997 - Amoco announces Alkylation project<br /> 1998 - Alkylation project cancelled<br /> 2002 - Giant Industries acquires the refinery from BP<br /> 2006 - Announcement that S Zorb™ Sulfur Removal Technology is to Be Installed<br /> 2010 - Refinery temporarily closed<br /> 2011 - Idled refinery sold to Plains All American Pipeline<br /> Relevant Links<br /> Amoco and Haldor Topsoe Plan New Alkylation Unit<br /> Giant Industries, Inc Announces Acquisition Of Yorktown, Virginia Refinery From BP<br /> Western Refining, Refining segment page<br /> Western Refining Announces Completion of Refining Operations Shutdown at Yorktown<br /> Western Refining Investor Presentation, May 2011<br /> Western Refining Announces Sale of Assets for $220 Million<br /> Western Refining Closes on Sale of Assets and Completes Redemption of All Outstanding Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes<br /> ConocoPhillips’ S Zorb™ Sulfur Removal Technology to Be Installed at Giant Industries’ Yorktown Refinery</div>

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