St Croix Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: HOVENSA, Hess Corporation and Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA)
• Website: http://www.hovensallc.com/
• Location: St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands
• Capacity: 17.5 million tons/annum & 350,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A very large and complex refinery able to process a range of crudes and produce clean specification fuels.

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Delayed Coking Unit (DCU)
• fluid catalytic cracker - 150,000 bpd

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:
• Total: 32 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes a variety of crudes

Products Produced

• Gasoline, diesel, home heating oil, jet fuel, kerosene and residual fuel oil.

Ongoing Projects

• The refinery is in the process of being closed down, following a combined loss of $1.3 billion over three years

Other Information

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History

• 1966 - Refinery is commissioned with 45,000 bpd capacity
• 1974 - Capacity increased to 650,000 bpd, making it the largest refinery in the world
• 1981 - The original crude unit was converted into a visbreaker
• 1993 - Addition of FCC
• 2002 - Coker commissioned
• 2007 - Clean gasoline project completed
• 2011 - Refinery capacity reduced to 350,000 bbl / day
• 2012 - HOVENSA Announces Closure of St. Croix Refinery

Relevant Links

• Hovensa Restarts St. Croix Refinery Catalytic Cracker
• Hovensa, USA (MED Turnkey Plant)
• HOVENSA L.L.C. to Close Some Units and Reduce Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
• HOVENSA Announces Closure of St. Croix Refinery

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