Lemont Refinery
Summary Information Ownership: Citgo (PDVSA) Website: http://www.citgo.com/ List of PDVSA Refineries Location: Lemont, Illinois, USA Capacity: 8.35 million tons/annum & 167,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation, 167,000 bpd Vacuum Distillation, 75,000 bpd Delayed Coker, 46,420 bpd Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 69,000 bpd Catalytic Reforming, 32,200 bpd Naphtha Hydrotreating, 95,700 bpd Kerosene Hydrotreating, 15,000 bpd Diesel Hydrotreating, 35,500 bpd Sulphur Recovery Unit Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply The refinery processes heavy Venezuelan crude produced by Citgo's parent company The crude is supplied from the Shell Lockport Tank Farm via the Buckeye pipeline Products Produced motor gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation turbine fuel and home heating oil. The CITGO Lemont Refinery is able to produce 100 percent ULSD Ongoing Projects A project to produce ULSD was completed in September 2010 Other Information Citgo is a subsidiary of Venezuelan State Oil Company, PDVSA History 1920s - Original Refinery Built 1928 - Refinery purchased by Globe Oil & Refining Co and expanded to 38,000 bbl/day 1954 - Refinery acquired by Pure Oil Co.; crude capacity expanded to 53,000 bbl/day 1970 - Refinery expanded to over 100,000 bbl/day 1997 - Becomes 100% subsidiary of PDVSA 2010 - Diesel Desulphurisation unit commissioned Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Refinery Brochure CITGO Opens Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Unit at Lemont Refinery Buckeye Says Crude Pipeline Can Meet Needs of Lemont Refinery
