Chevron Salt Lake City Refinery

Summary Information

Ownership: Chevron Website: http://www.chevron.com/ List of Chevron Refineries Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Capacity: 2.25 million tons/annum & 45,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth:

Brief Description

A small complex refinery Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation Delayed Coker Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Catalytic Reformer Alkylation Unit Desulphurisation Naphtha Gasoline Diesel

Terminal Capacity

Crude Oil: Refined Products:

Crude Supply

Domestic crude oil comes from Utah, Colorado & Wyoming The refinery also processes medium and heavy crude from Canada

Products Produced

• gasoline and other fuels, such as Jet-A, JP-8, and low-sulfur diesel.
• Minor products include stove oil, propane, and petroleum coke.
• The refinery is connected to the Northwest Product Pipeline and the UNEV Oil Products Pipeline

Projects

• A new Alkylation unit was commissioned in 2021

Other Information

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History

• 1948 - Refinery commissioned
• 2005 - BOC signs deal to supply hydrogen
• 2013 - Chevron agreed to pay $384,000 penalty and improve emission controls to resolve Clean Air Act violations
• 2021 - New Alkylation unit commissioned

Links

1. BOC Signs Contracts to Supply Hydrogen to Chevron and Holly Oil Refineries; Hydrogen Used to Produce Cleaner Burning Fuels
2. Chevron: Refinery Identifies $4.4 Million in Annual Savings by Using Process Simulation Models to Perform Energy-Efficiency Assessment
3. Chevron to pay $384,000 penalty and improve emission controls to resolve Clean Air Act violations at Salt Lake City refinery
4. Chevron and Honeywell Announce Start-up of World's First Commercial ISOALKY™ Ionic Liquids Alkylation Unit