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Montreal Refinery

Coordinates: 45°38′38″N 73°31′21″W / 45.6438°N 73.5224°W / 45.6438; -73.5224
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Montreal Refinery
Refinery view from the Montréal-Est city hall
Montreal Refinery is located in Quebec
Montreal Refinery
Location of the Montreal Refinery in Quebec
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
CityMontréal
Coordinates45°38′38″N 73°31′21″W / 45.6438°N 73.5224°W / 45.6438; -73.5224
Refinery details
OperatorSuncor Energy (formerly Petro-Canada)
Owner(s)Suncor Energy (formerly Petro-Canada)
Commissioned1955 (1955)
Capacity160,000 bbl/d (25,000 m3/d)
No. of employees400
Refining unitsalkylation, isomerisation, distillation of crude oil, hydrocracking, reforming catalytic, cracking catalytic, thermal catalytic, desulphuration, polymerization, hydrodesalkylation
No. of oil tanks105
Oil refining centerMontreal

The Montreal Refinery is an oil refinery located in the city of Montreal inside the Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough. The refinery is not far from the Montreal East Refinery. This refinery is the largest Suncor Energy refinery.

History

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The Montreal refinery was originally commissioned by Petrofina on September 15, 1955, with a throughput of 20,000 bpd. In the 1970's, expansion work was undertaken to bring capacity to 95,000 bpd. In 1981, the then Crown corporation Petro-Canada acquired the Montreal refinery as part of a government backed $1.6 billion deal to acquire all Petrofina's Canadian assets. The last major expansion of the refinery occurred in 2005 when Petro-Canada made the decision to close a smaller refinery operating in Oakville, Ontario and consolidate the Eastern Canada operations in Montreal. A very substantial investment in the Montreal refinery was made to expand the capacity of that facility to approximately 130,000 bpd. In 2009, Suncor Energy and Petro-Canada merged their operations. The new company is operated under the Suncor name for its general and trading purposes, and under the Petro-Canada trademark for its refined products and its retail and wholesale network.

Operating Units

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Unit Capacity Bbl/day
Atmospheric Distillation 137,000
Vacuum Distillation 54,000
FCC 32,000
Naphtha Reformer 36,000
Hydrocracker 22,000
Naphtha Hydrotreater 40,000
Kero/Jet Hydrotreater 19,500
ULSD Hydrotreater 33,000
Alkylation 4,000

The Montreal refinery is complex with both fluid cat cracking and hydrocracking units for gasoil conversion. The alkylation unit plus a high ratio of naphtha reforming relative to total crude capacity indicates that the refinery will be able to produce high octane gasoline. [1][2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Suncor Refining Capacity".
  2. ^ "Oil & Gas Journal - 2018 Worldwide Refining Capacity Survey". Oil & Gas Journal. Special Annual Survey (Special Annual Survey): 3. December 4, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2024 – via Database & Print.