Elk Point Refinery Project

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Hyperion
• Website: http://www.hyperionec.com/
• Wiki Page: Elk Point Refinery
• Location: Union County, South Dakota, USA
• Capacity: 20.0 million tons/annum & 400,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Planning
• Expected Completion: 2018
• Budget:

The Project

• Project Type: Greenfield Refinery
• Project Summary: The Hyperion Energy Center (HEC), as proposed, will consist of a state-of-the-art greenfield refinery and a hydrogen producing IGCC power plant to generate hydrogen, power, and steam.
• Main Contractors:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Crude Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation
• Hydrocracker
• Delayed Coker
• Hydrotreatment
  • Gasoline
  • Diesel
• IGCC (Hydrogen)
• Isomerisation Unit
• Catalytic Reformer
• Sulphur Recovery Unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Canadian heavy crude oil from Alberta

Products Produced

• Propane, Butane, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Sulphur

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