Suncor Edmonton Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Petro Canada (Suncor)
• Website: http://www.petro-canada.ca/ (http://www.suncor.com/)
• Location: Edmonton, Alberta
• Capacity: 7.1 million tons/annum & 142,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:

Refining Units

• CDU,
• VDU,
• Fluidised catalytic cracking unit
• Delayed Coker
• Hydrotreater
• Sulphur Unit
• Steam Methane Reformer

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery runs entirely on oil sands-based feedstocks

Products Produced

• Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Petrocoke, Sulphur

Projects

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Other Information

• Petro-Canada awarded Bantrel the EPC contract to convert this refinery to process bitumen-based feedstock from the company's oilsands extraction sites. The project was completed in 2008.
• The RCP involves the replacement of the existing process units: crude unit, vacuum unit, delayed coker, amine unit, sulphur plant and sour water stripping. In addition, a number of units were revamped and offsites and utilities added.

History

• 2004 - Air Products and Technip awarded hydrogen plant contract
• 2008 - Refinery upgrade project completed, enabling the refinery to switch to oil sands
• 2010 - Delayed coker project completed
• 2013 - KBR signs three year maintenance agreement

Links

1. Refinery webpage
2. Foster Wheeler Delayed Cokers
3. Bantrel Projects
4. Air Products Canada to Build and Operate a New Hydrogen Plant in Edmonton, Alberta to Supply Petro-Canada's Refinery
5. Refinery Conversion Programme Presentation
6. KBR to Conduct Turnaround Services for Suncor Energy’s Refinery in Edmonton, AB, Canada