Paramount Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Alon
- Website: http://www.alonusa.com/
- List of Alon Refineries
- Location: Long Beach, California
- Capacity:
- Paramount: 2.7 million tons/annum & 54,000 bbl/day
- Long Beach: 1.75 million tons/annum & 35,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A small low complexity refinery, it is the combination of two refineries, Paramount & Long Beach
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation - 30,000 bpd
- Catalytic Reforming - 12,000 bpd
- Hydrotreating
- Naphtha - 15,000 bpd
- Diesel - 8,500 bpd
- Asphalt Unit
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery processes heavy crudes
Products Produced
- Gasoline, Jet Fuel, Gas Oil, Diesel, HVGO, Asphalt
Ongoing Projects
- The refinery is being reconfigured to process lighter mid-continent crudes instead of heavy local ones
- Processing is to be stopped between the 4th quarter 2012 and 3rd 2013 to make the changes
- The new crudes will be supplied via rail
Other Information
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History
- 2006 - Alon purchases Paramount Petroleum Corporation
- 2012 - Alon announces it is suspending operations to reconfigure the refinery
Relevant Links
- Alon Closes Acquisition of Paramount Petroleum Corporation
- Paramount, About Us
- Alon USA Reports Third Quarter Results
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