Saint Paul Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Flint Hills Resources
• Website: http://www.fhr.com/
• Location: Pine Band, Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Capacity: 16.0 million tons/annum & 320,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A large highly complex refinery that processes very heavy crudes

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation - 196,000
• Delayed Coker - 67,000
• FCC - 86,500
• Hydrocracker - 44,000
• Catalytic Reforming - 37,500 + 13,800
• Desulphurisation
  • Naphtha - 52,500
  • Gasoline - 52,500
  • Kerosene - 41,500
  • Diesel - 60,000
  • Other - 7,000
  • Gasoil - 107,000

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery is among the largest processors of heavy crude in the United States
• Crude is supplied via the Minnesota Oil Pipeline

Products Produced

• gasoline, diesel, propane and butane, jet fuel, asphalt, heating fuels, and sulfur

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

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History

• 1955 - Refinery commissioned
• 1969 - Koch Industries purchased controlling interest of the refinery
• 2000 - Koch Industries settles a lawsuit brought by the EPA
• 2006 - The refinery completed a $350 million project to produce ultra low-sulfur diesel fuels and convert diesel fuel to gasoline
• 2011 - The Coker Unit Modernization Project was completed

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• Flint Hills Resources Hydrogen Plant Pine Bend, MN
• Flint Hills Coker Unit Modernization Project
• U.S. ANNOUNCES CLEAN AIR SETTLEMENT WITH KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP

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