Conocophillips Lake Charles Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Conoco Phillips
• Website: http://www.conocophillips.com/
  • List of Conoco Phillips Refineries
• Location: Louisiana, USA
• Capacity: 12.0 million tons/annum & 240,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A large complex refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• fluid catalytic cracker,
• Hydrocracker
• delayed coker
• S Zorb Gasoline Sulfur Removal Technology (SRT) - 38,500 bpd

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes mainly heavy, high-sulfur crude oil, as well as low-sulfur and acidic crude oil.
• The refinery receives domestic Gulf Coast and foreign crude oil.

Products Produced

• The Lake Charles Refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels, such as gasoline and jet fuel, along with home heating oil.
• It also produces graphite petroleum coke for the steel industry
• Through the Excel Paralubes joint venture, the refinery produces base oils for lubricants

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1941 - Refinery commissioned
• 1996 - Construction was completed on the $750 million dollar Excel Paralubes Hydrocracker, a joint venture between ConocoPhillips and Flint Hills Resources
• 2003 - Fluor Selected by ConocoPhillips for Installation Of New Clean-Fuels Technology

Relevant Links

• IAG Project Page
• Fluor Selected by ConocoPhillips for Installation Of New Clean-Fuels Technology
• Lake Area Industry Alliance

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