Whiting Refinery Project

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Summary Information

• Ownership: BP
• Website: http://www.bp.com/
  • List of BP Refineries
• Wiki Page: Whiting Refinery
• Location: Whiting, Indiana, USA
• Capacity: million tons/annum & bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Under Construction
• Expected Completion: 2013
• Budget: $3 billion

The Project

• Project Type: A major upgrade to enable the refinery to use ultra heavy Canadian crude
• Project Summary:
  • Environmental Improvements: the Modernization Project includes $1.4 billion in environmental improvements.
  • Gas Oil Hydrotreater: a modern hydrotreater will remove more sulfur and nitrogen from gas oil.
  • Sulfur Recovery Complex: the existing sulfur recovery capabilities are being enhanced to create a more efficient system that will remove more sulfur from our fuels product streams.
  • Petroleum Coker: a new state-of-the-art coker is being built to replace the existing one. The coker will enhance process safety through increased automation, increase coke and naphtha production.
  • Distillation Unit: the refinery’s largest crude distillation unit is being reconfigured to process heavier crudes, helping to replace some of the light sweet crude that is becoming more difficult to source.
• Main Contractors
  • Jacobs: licensing, design, and fabrication of Sulfur Recovery Facilities.
  • Jacobs: The revamp of several hydroprocessing units
  • Praxair is supplying the hydrogen from a purpose made facility

Refining Units

• Petroleum Coker
• Gas Oil Hydrotreater
• Sulfur Recovery

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery’s largest crude distillation unit is being reconfigured to process heavier crudes
• These crudes will be largely sourced from Canada

Products Produced

• The project will increase the refinery's ability to produce clean fuels

History

• 2006 - Project launched
• 2008 - After necessary permits were issued, BP began construction on the Whiting Refinery Modernization Project.
• 2012 - BP Agrees to Add More Than $400 Million in Pollution Controls at Indiana Refinery and Pay $8 Million Clean Air Act Penalty

Other Information

• The project was 60% complete as of February 2011

Relevant Links

• BP Plans $3 Billion Project to Refine More Canadian Heavy Crude Oil in the U.S. Midwest
• Whiting Refinery Modernization Project, BP
• Jacobs Receives Sulfur Recovery and Hydrotreater Projects from BP
• Praxair Starts Up Large Hydrogen Facility in Indiana
• BP Delays Start of New Whiting Indiana Refinery Units to 2013
• BP Agrees to Add More Than $400 Million in Pollution Controls at Indiana Refinery and Pay $8 Million Clean Air Act Penalty

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