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Summary Information
- Ownership: Sunoco
- Website: http://www.sunocoinc.com/
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Capacity: 16.75 million tons/annum & 335,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A large medium complexity refinery
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation - 163,200
- FCC - 138,500
- Catalytic Reformer - 86,000
- HF alkylation unit
- Hydrotreatment
- Naphtha - 88,000
- Gasoline - 65,000
- Other-113,000
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Most of the crude oil processed at Sunoco’s refineries is light-sweet crude oil
- The refinery processes crude oils supplied from foreign sources
- Approximately 60 percent of Sunoco’s crude oil supply for its Philadelphia and Marcus Hook refineries during 2010 came from Nigeria
- The refinery is also processing a small amount of Bakken Crude
Products Produced
- Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Kerosene, Home Heating Oil, Propane, Butane
Ongoing Projects
- The refinery is to be sold or closed in 2012
Other Information
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History
- 1988 - Refinery part of acquisition of Atlantic Petroleum Corporation
- 1994 - Acquired Chevron's Philadelphia Refinery, immediately adjacent to the former Atlantic facility, and set to work combining the two into a single, more efficient refining complex
- 2009 - Project to reconfigure a previously idled hydrocracking unit to enable desulfurization of diesel fuel completed
- 2011 - Sunoco announces decision to sell or close the refinery
- 2012 - Sunoco Enters into Exclusive Discussions with The Carlyle Group to form a JV for the refinery
Relevant Links
- Sunoco to Exit Refining and Conduct Strategic Review of the Company
- Sunoco Refining
- 2010 Annual Report
- Philadelphia Refinery, CSR Report
- Sunoco running Bakken crude at refineries
- Sunoco Enters into Exclusive Discussions with The Carlyle Group Regarding Philadelphia Refinery Joint Venture
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