Tesoro Anacortes Refinery

The Tesoro Anacortes Refinery is located on March Point, just outside Anacortes, Washington. The refinery has a 120,000 b/d capacity[1] and is operated before Tesoro West Coast, a subsidiary of Tesoro Corp.

Production

Gasoline, jet and diesel fuel are the primary products, which are supplied to end users predominantly in Washington and Oregon. Its secondary processing facilities include a fluid catalytic cracker, an alkylation unit, hydotreating units and a naphtha reformer. Given that configuration the plant likely follows a 10-5-3-2 crack spread, meaning that for 10 barrels of crude feedstock the refinery produces 5 barrels of gasoline, 3 barrels of distillate and 2 barrels of fuel oil.

Explosion

On April 2, 2010, an explosion at the Anacortes refinery killed seven workers when a heat exchanger failed during a maintenance operation.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "EIA Table 3. Capacity of Operable Petroleum Refineries by State as of January 1, 2015." (PDF). EIA Refinery Capacity Report. January 1, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ Broom, Jack; Green, Sara Jean. "Five dead in Anacortes refinery explosion and fire". The Seattle Times. April 2, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tesoro Refinery Fatal Explosion and Fire". U.S. Chemical Safety Board. May 1, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2015.

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Coordinates: 48°29′48″N 122°34′1″W / 48.49667°N 122.56694°W / 48.49667; -122.56694

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