Sarnia (Imperial) refinery
The Imperial Sarnia reifnery is a high-conversion refinery located in Sarnia, Ontario in Eastern Canada.
It is 70% owned and operated by ExxonMobil through its Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil.
Refinery configuration
Refinery configuration
Sarnia is a complex refinery with a coker for bottoms conversion and both an FCC and a hydrocracker
Complexity: 11.0
Major process units:
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 119 kbpd
Reformer - Two units: a Continuous (CCR) unit and a Semiregen unit
Refinery history
Refinery history
1897 - Refinery commissioned by Standard Oil
1898 - Standard Oil acquired a majority interest in Imperial Oil and Imperial took over operations of Standard Oil in Canada, including Sarnia