Dartmouth Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Imperial Oil (Exxon)
• Website: http://www.imperialoil.ca/ (http://www.exxonmobil.com)
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• Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
• Capacity: 4.1 million tons/annum & 82,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation, 13,037 M³/day
• Vacuum Distilation, 6,677 M³/day
• Gasoline Desulphurisation
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracking, 4,928 M³/day
• Cat Reform, 1,590 M³/day
• Polymerization/ Alkyl-ation, 715 M³/day
• Asphalt 238 M³/day
• Sulphur, 53 M³/day

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes crudes from the North Sea, East Coast Canada, West Africa and the Middle East
• Like other Atlantic basin refineries it has a cost disadvantage

Products Produced

• The refinery produces a wide range of petroleum products, including gasoline, aviation fuel, diesel, home heating fuel, marine fuel, heavy fuel oil and asphalt.

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

• Because the refinery is very old and relatively small, Imperial Oil is considering selling or closing it

History

• 1918 - Refinery begins production
• 2003 - Gasoline Desulphurisation unit start up
• 2012 - Imperial announced it will market the refinery and related supply terminals to prospective buyers in the coming months and consider conversion to a terminal

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• Imperial Oil's Dartmouth refinery now producing low-sulphur gasoline following $80 million refit
• 2009 PETROLEUM REFINERIES IN CANADA
• Dartmouth Refinery Future Looks Bleak
• Imperial Oil evaluating the future of its Dartmouth Refinery

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