Difference between revisions of "Saraland Refinery"

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=== Summary Information ===
 
=== Summary Information ===
* Ownership: Shell Chemical
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* Ownership: Vertex
* Website: http://www.shell.com/
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* Website: https://www.vertexenergy.com/
* List of [[Shell Refineries]]
 
 
* Location: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
 
* Location: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
 
* Capacity: 4.3 million tons/annum & 86,000 bbl/day
 
* Capacity: 4.3 million tons/annum & 86,000 bbl/day
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* Refining Depth:
 
* Refining Depth:
 
=== Brief Description ===
 
=== Brief Description ===
* Saraland Refinery is a small / medium sized simple refinery with hydrotreating capabilities to produce low sulphur products. It produces feedstocks for a petrochemical plant
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* Saraland Refinery is a small / medium sized medium complexity refinery with a hydrocracker and hydrotreating capabilities to produce low sulphur products. It produces feedstocks for a petrochemical plant
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=== Refining Units ===
 
=== Refining Units ===
 
* Atmospheric Distillation - 86,000 bpd
 
* Atmospheric Distillation - 86,000 bpd
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* 1975 - Refinery is commissioned by Louisiana Land & Exploration Company
 
* 1975 - Refinery is commissioned by Louisiana Land & Exploration Company
 
* 1996 - Refinery is acquired by Shell Chemical
 
* 1996 - Refinery is acquired by Shell Chemical
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* 2022 - Shell sold the refinery to Vertex
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=== Links ===
 
=== Links ===
 
# [https://www.shell.us/about-us/projects-and-locations/mobile.html Refinery Webpage]
 
# [https://www.shell.us/about-us/projects-and-locations/mobile.html Refinery Webpage]
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# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2024/01/shell-completes-sale-of-mobile-refinery.html Shell Completes Sale Of Mobile Refinery In Alabama To Vertex Energy]
  
 
[[Category:Refinery]]
 
[[Category:Refinery]]
 
[[Category:USA]]
 
[[Category:USA]]
[[Category:Shell]]
 

Revision as of 07:17, 24 January 2024

Summary Information

  • Ownership: Vertex
  • Website: https://www.vertexenergy.com/
  • Location: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
  • Capacity: 4.3 million tons/annum & 86,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

Brief Description

  • Saraland Refinery is a small / medium sized medium complexity refinery with a hydrocracker and hydrotreating capabilities to produce low sulphur products. It produces feedstocks for a petrochemical plant

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation - 86,000 bpd
  • Vacuum Distillation - 30,000 bpd
  • Catalytic Reformer - 22,000 bpd
  • Hydrotreating
    • Naphtha - 22,000 bpd
    • Diesel - 8,000 bpd
    • Heavy gasoil - 22,000 bpd

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

Products Produced

  • Heavy Olefin Plant Feed, plus refined products: LPGs (liquid petroleum gases), gasoline, kerosene (jet fuel), diesel (# 2 oil), and # 6 oil blend stock.

Projects

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Other Information

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History

  • 1975 - Refinery is commissioned by Louisiana Land & Exploration Company
  • 1996 - Refinery is acquired by Shell Chemical
  • 2022 - Shell sold the refinery to Vertex

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. Shell Completes Sale Of Mobile Refinery In Alabama To Vertex Energy