North Pole Refinery Alaska
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Flint Hills Resources
- Website: http://www.fhr.com/
- Location: North Pole, Alaska
- Capacity: 11.0 million tons/annum & 220,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A large but simple refinery
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation - 5,500
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery processes North Slope crude oil from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
Products Produced
- Gasoline, jet fuel, heating oil, diesel, gasoil and asphalt
- About 60 percent of the refinery’s production is destined for the aviation market
Ongoing Projects
- Golden Valley Electric Association and Flint Hills Resources Alaska have commenced engineering on a natural gas liquefaction facility on Alaska's North Slope.
- Flint Hills would use the gas as a supply fuel for the refining process at its North Pole refinery
- The project is expected to be completed by first quarter 2014
Other Information
- The largest refinery in Alaska
- After removing the required products, the remainder is blended back into the crude oil
History
- 1998 - Refinery expansion completed
- 2004 - Flint Hills Resources acquired the refinery from Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc
Relevant Links
- Refinery Webpage
- Alaska Dept of Natural Resources 2009 Annual Report
- GVEA partners with Flint Hills to bring North Slope gas to the Interior
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