Imperial Oil Sarnia Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Imperial Oil (Exxon)
• Website: http://www.imperialoil.ca/
• Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
• Capacity: 6.0 million tons/annum & 121,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• Imperial's Sarnia operation is the most integrated fuels, lubricating oil and chemicals manufacturing and petroleum research facility in Canada.

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum distillation
• fluid coking
• hydrocracking
• fluid catalytic cracking
• naphtha reforming
• distillate desulphurization
• hydrogen treating and synthesis
• Lubricants Unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Has the ability to process a wide range of crude oil

Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel
• Products are low sulphur

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1897 - The Sarnia refinery was commissioned and it was the largest refinery in Canada, with a capacity of 900 barrels of crude oil processing a day.
• 2008 - Tail Gas Clean-Up unit project launched

Relevant Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. Imperial's Sarnia refinery to reduce SO2 emissions by more than 50 percent

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