Edmonton refinery

The Edmonton refinery is a high-conversion refinery located in Edmonton, Alberta in Western Canada.

It is 100% owned and operated by Suncor.

Edmonton is configured to run 100% Canadian oil sands crude oil.

Refinery configuration

Edmonton is a medium complexity refinery with a small coker for bottoms upgrading and both a hydrocracker and FCC.

Complexity: 8.8

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 146 kbpd

Vacuum distillation 

Coker 

FCC 

Hydrocracker 

Reformer - Semiregen unit

Naphtha hydrotreater 

Distillate hydrotreater 

VGO hydrotreater

FCC gasoline hydrotreater 

Alkylation 

Land - 142 hectares

Location

801 Petroleum Way, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2G2, Canada

Edmonton refinery website

Refinery history

1951 - Refinery commissioned by Gulf Canada

1985 - PetroCanada acquired Gulf Canada

2009 - PetroCanada merged into Suncor