Ardmore Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Valero
• Website: http://www.valero.com/
  • List of Valero Refineries
• Location: Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA
• Capacity: 4.5 million tons/annum & 87,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A small medium complexity refinery, capable of processing a range of crude oils

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation - 32,000
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 30,000
• Hydrocracker - 12,000
• Catalytic Reformer - 21,000
• Hydrotreatment
  • Naphtha - 26,500
  • Diesel - 32,000
  • Heavy Gasoil - 34,450

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products: The refinery has more than 2.4 million barrels of refined product storage

Crude Supply

• The plant uses local crude and oil transported by pipeline from the Gulf Coast
• It can also receive crude oil from Cushing
• It can process crude oils of 1.6 - 1.7 wt% sulfur average compared to 1.2-1.3 wt% sulfur prior to completion of the sour crude upgrade project

Products Produced

• Produces a wide range of petroleum products including gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, sulfur, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), propylene, butane and asphalt
• The Ardmore refinery complies with the Tier 2 Gasoline requirement because of its deep de-sulfurization of FCC feed

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 2002 - One of six refineries acquired in the purchase of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• Valero Says Pipe Sending Crude From Cushing to Ardmore
• The 2005 Oklahoma Refinery Report

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