Navajo Artesia Refinery Expansion Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: HollyFrontier
• Website: http://hollyfrontier.com/
  • Company Refineries: HollyFrontier Refineries
• Wiki Page: Navajo Artesia Refinery
• Location: Artesia, New Mexico
• Capacity:
  • Before: 3.75 million tons/annum & 75,000 bbl/day
  • After: 4.95 million tons/annum & 95,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Completed in 2009
• Budget:

The Project

• Project Type: A debottlenecking and upgrade project
• Project Summary: The project added a residual oil solvent extraction unit, which increases the yield of white products. It also debottlenecked existing units to increase the refinery's capacity
• Main Contractors:
  • KBR: ROSE® Solvent Deasphalting Licence
  • Lauren Engineering: Construction

Refining Units

• ROSE® Solvent Deasphalting Unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The project increased the amount of sour crude and heavy Canadian crude the facility can process

=== Products Produced

• The project reduces the yield of heavy products

=== History

• 2005 - KBR awarded Solvent Deasphalting contract
• 2009 - Project completed

=== Other Information -

Links

1. HollyFrontier, Refineries
2. Navajo Refining Company Selects KBR'S ROSE® Solvent Deasphalting Technology for Its Artesia, New Mexico Refinery
3. ROSE Unit Lauren Engineering