Norco Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Motiva (Shell / Saudi Aramco) Website: http://www.motivaenterprises.com/ Location: Along the Mississippi River about 20 miles west of New Orleans, Louisiana Capacity: 11.0 million tons/annum & 220,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description A large complex refinery, with a high gasoline yield Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation - 220,000 Fluidised catalytic cracking, - 120,000 Catalytic reformers, 40,000 + 22,000 Hydrocracking - 38,000 Delayed coking - 27,900 Hydrotreating Naphtha - 38,500 Gasoline - 75,400 Diesel - 70,000 Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply Gulf of Mexico crude is supplied via the Delta Crude Oil Pipeline Products Produced LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Coke Products can be transported by the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline via the Bengal Oil Products Pipeline Ongoing Projects The refinery is going to be integrated with the Convent Refinery to create a more efficient refining system Other Information - History 1918 - Refinery was commission and operated by the New Orleans Refining Company 1929 - Refinery bought by Shell 1998 - Became part of Motiva 2006 - Products shipments began on the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline 2015 - Louisiana Refining System project launched Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Praxair to Supply Hydrogen to Motiva Louisiana Refinery Motiva Integrates Refineries to Create Louisiana Refining System