Come by Chance refinery
Also known as:
North Atlantic
Come by Chance was a medium sized, low-complexity refinery locate in Newfoundland, in Canada
The refinery primarily processed Eastern Canadian crude
The refinery ceased operations in 2020, and was sold to Cresta Funds Management with plans to convert to a renewable fuels plant
Refinery configuration (at time of closure)
Come by Chance is a low complexity plant, with only visbreaking for bottoms upgrading, and small hydrocracker and FCC relative to distillation
Complexity: 6.3
Major processs units:
Atmospheric distillation - 130 kbpd
Reformer - Semiregen unit
Location
1 Refinery Rd, Come By Chance, NL A0B 1N0, Canada
Refinery history
1973 - refinery commissioned by Shaheen Resources
1976 - Refinery declared bankruptcy and ceased operations
1980 - Acquired by PetroCanada, but did not restart
1986 - Acquired by Newfoundland Processing (for $1)
1987 - Refinery restarted
1994 - Acquired by Vitol and operated as North Atlantic Refining
2014 - Acquired by SilverRange Capital Partners
2020 - Refinery stopped operations after unsuccessful negotiations to sell to Irving Oil
2021 - Acquired by Crest Funds Management, with plans to convert to a renewables fuels plant