Cherry Point Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: BP
- Website: http://www.bp.com/
- List of BP Refineries
- Location: Cherry Point, Whatcom County, near Blaine, Washington
- Capacity: 11.1 million tons/annum & 225,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation
- Hydrocracker
- Coker
- Calciner
- Reformer
- Isomerization Unit - Penex Plus® Unit - UOP
- Low sulfur diesel unit
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery was originally designed to run Alaska North Slope crude oil, but now can run a variety of crude, including heavy Canadian oil
Products Produced
- Gasoline - Approximately 3.5 million gallons/day
- Jet Fuel - Approximately 2.5 million gallons/day
- Diesel - Approximately 2.2 million gallons/day
- LPG - propane, butane - Approximately 500 thousand gallons/day
- Calcined Coke - Approximately 2,700 tons/day
- Sulfur - Approximately 215 tons/day
Ongoing Projects
- BP plans to add diesel desulphurisation capacity
- See Cherry Point Refinery ULSD Project
Other Information
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History
- 1971 - The refinery commenced operations. It processed 100 thousand barrels of crude per day.
- 2006 - Phase I of clean fuels project completed
- 2013 - Phase II of clean fuels project completed
Relevant Links
- Cherry Point Fact Sheet
- BP Refining USA
- BP preparing for major project at Cherry Point
- JH Kelly, Clean Gasoline Project Blaine, WA
- Jacobs Receives BP Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Contract
- BP Cherry Point Refinery Celebrates Start Up of New Diesel and Hydrogen Units
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