Norco Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Motiva (Shell / Saudi Aramco)
• Website: http://www.motivaenterprises.com/
• Location: Along the Mississippi River about 20 miles west of New Orleans, Louisiana
• Capacity: 11.0 million tons/annum & 220,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A large complex refinery, with a high gasoline yield

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation - 220,000
• Fluidised catalytic cracking, - 120,000
• Catalytic reformers, 40,000 + 22,000
• Hydrocracking - 38,000
• Delayed coking - 27,900
• Hydrotreating
  • Naphtha - 38,500
  • Gasoline - 75,400
  • Diesel - 70,000

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• -

Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Coke

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

• -

History

• 1918 - Refinery was commission and operated by the New Orleans Refining Company
• 1929 - Refinery bought by Shell
• 1998 - Became part of Motiva

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• Praxair to Supply Hydrogen to Motiva Louisiana Refinery

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