Saraland Refinery

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

• The refinery is supplied by crude oil by the Jay Pipeline System

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.

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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