Quebec City Refinery

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• Also known as Jean Gaulin Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Ultramar (Valero)
• Website: http://www.ultramar.ca/
  • List of Valero Refineries
• Location: Quebec, Canada
• Capacity: 13.25 million tons/annum & 265,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• The refinery is a large medium complexity plant, capable of producing high specification products

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation - 170,000 + 95,000
• Vacuum Distillation - 48,000
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 65,000
• Hydrotreating
  • Light Naphtha - 30,000
  • Heavy Naphtha - 48,000
  • Gasoline - 46,000
  • Kerosene - 40,000
  • Distillate - 70,000
• Isomerisation - 29,000
• Catalytic Reformer - 20,000 + 32,000
• Polymerisation - 13,000
• LPG Splitter - 20,000

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery relies on foreign crude oil for feedstock, which is received by ship at its deepwater dock on the St. Lawrence River.

Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Bunker Fuel

Ongoing Projects

• See Pipeline Saint-Laurent Project
• Ultramar is building a pipeline from the refinery to terminals in Montreal

Other Information

• Ultramar is a subsidiary of Valero

History

• 1971 - Refinery Commissioned
• 2004 - Ultramar completed investments of over $300 million, which has enabled the Jean-Gaulin refinery to produce low-sulfur content gasoline
• 2006 - The company completed investments of $300 million to produce diesel fuel with a very low sulfur content
• 2010 - Valero’s Board of Directors gives the go-ahead for work to proceed

on the Pipeline Saint-Laurent Project

Relevant Links

• Refinery Flow Diagram
• Valero’s Board of Directors gives the go-ahead for work to proceed on the Pipeline Saint-Laurent Project

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