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=== Summary Information ===
 
=== Summary Information ===
  
* Ownership: Wyoming Refining Company
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* Ownership: Wyoming Refining Company (Par Pacific)
* Website:  
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* Website: https://www.parpacific.com/
 
* Location: Newcastle, Wyoming, USA
 
* Location: Newcastle, Wyoming, USA
 
* Capacity: 0.7 million tons/annum & 14,000 bbl/day
 
* Capacity: 0.7 million tons/annum & 14,000 bbl/day
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=== Crude Supply ===
 
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* It is also connected to the Butte pipeline, allowing our refinery to directly access Bakken crude
  
 
=== Products Produced ===
 
=== Products Produced ===

Revision as of 06:05, 29 May 2024

Summary Information

  • Ownership: Wyoming Refining Company (Par Pacific)
  • Website: https://www.parpacific.com/
  • Location: Newcastle, Wyoming, USA
  • Capacity: 0.7 million tons/annum & 14,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

Brief Description

  • A very small medium 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

  • 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

=== Ongoing Projects

  • -

=== Other Information

  • -

=== 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

Links

  1. Wyoming Refining Clean Air Act Settlement
  2. Wyoming Refining Company starts up new unit using ExxonMobil’s BenzOUT technology licensed by Badger Licensing
  3. Par Pacific Holdings Successfully Closes Acquisition of Wyoming Refining Company and Related Logistics Assets