Tuscaloosa Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Hunt Refining
- Website: http://www.huntrefining.com/
- Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Capacity: 3.6 million tons/annum & 72,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
Refining Units
- The CDU has a capacity of 72,000 barrels per day
- The coker has a capacity of 32,000 barrel per day
- Hydrocracker - 15,000 bpd
- The diesel hydrotreater has a capacity of 15,000 barrel per day.
- Continuous Catalytic Reformer - 16,000
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Local heavy crude.
Products Produced
- Hunt Refining Company markets gasoline and distillate fuels, supplies home heating oil and diesel fuel, and is a regional supplier of both paving and industrial grade asphalt.
- Products are partly distributed via the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline
Projects
- Hunt recently installed two new units at its Tuscaloosa, Ala. facility using the UOP CCR Platforming™ Process and the UOP Unicracking™ Process.
- The units will help to increase crude throughput by more than 30 percent to 72,000 barrels per day (bpd) and double production of gasoline and diesel.
Other Information
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History
- 1946 - Refinery began operations
- 1976 - Refinery was expanded to 35,000 bpd
- 1981 - Delayed coker commsioned
- 1986 - The refinery was connected to the Colonial pipeline
- 2007 - Hunt refining settle pollution case with EPA
- 2008 - Refinery project launched
- 2010 - Expansion and upgrade project finished