Lemont Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Citgo (PDVSA)
• Website: http://www.citgo.com/
  • List of PDVSA Refineries
• Location: Lemont, Illinois, USA
• Capacity: 8.35 million tons/annum & 167,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation, 167,000 bpd
• Vacuum Distillation, 75,000 bpd
• Delayed Coker, 46,420 bpd
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 69,000 bpd
• Catalytic Reforming, 32,200 bpd
• Naphtha Hydrotreating, 95,700 bpd
• Kerosene Hydrotreating, 15,000 bpd
• Diesel Hydrotreating, 35,500 bpd
• Sulphur Recovery Unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes heavy Venezuelan crude produced by Citgo's parent company
• The crude is supplied from the Shell Lockport Tank Farm via the Buckeye pipeline

Products Produced

• motor gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation turbine fuel and home heating oil.
• The CITGO Lemont Refinery is able to produce 100 percent ULSD

Ongoing Projects

• A project to produce ULSD was completed in September 2010

Other Information

• Citgo is a subsidiary of Venezuelan State Oil Company, PDVSA

History

• 1920s - Original Refinery Built
• 1928 - Refinery purchased by Globe Oil & Refining Co and expanded to 38,000 bbl/day
• 1954 - Refinery acquired by Pure Oil Co.; crude capacity expanded to 53,000 bbl/day
• 1970 - Refinery expanded to over 100,000 bbl/day
• 1997 - Becomes 100% subsidiary of PDVSA
• 2010 - Diesel Desulphurisation unit commissioned

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• Refinery Brochure
• CITGO Opens Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Unit at Lemont Refinery
• Buckeye Says Crude Pipeline Can Meet Needs of Lemont Refinery

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