Newcastle Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Wyoming Refining Company (Par Pacific)
- Website: https://www.parpacific.com/
- Location: Newcastle, Wyoming, USA
- Capacity: 1.0 million tons/annum & 20,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity: 11.0
- Refining Depth: 95%
Brief Description
- A very small, high complexity refinery
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation - 1,800
- Fluidised Catalytic Cracking - 7,000
- Catalytic Reforming - 2,750
- Desulphurisation
- Naphtha - 3,000
- Diesel - 5,600
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery is connected to a crude gathering system in the Powder River Basin.
- It is also connected to the Butte pipeline, allowing our refinery to directly access Bakken crude
Products Produced
- gasoline, distillates (diesel), liquefied petroleum gas, jet fuel, and residuals
Products Produced
- gasoline, distillates (diesel), liquefied petroleum gas, jet fuel, and residuals
- The refinery is connected to the MPL Mountain Oil Products Pipeline
=== Ongoing Projects
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=== Other Information
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=== History
- 2009 - Wyoming Refining Co. (WRC) agreed to pay a civil penalty of $150,000 and spend approximately $14 million environmental upgrades for alleged emissions violations
- 2016 - Par Pacific acquired the refinery
- 2017 - Benzene reduction unit commissioned
