Puget Sound refinery

Also known as:

PSR, Anacortes

The Puget Sound refinery is a medium-sized, medium - complexity refinery located in Anacortes, Washington in the US.

The refinery is 100% owned and operated by HF Sinclair.

In 2021, Shell agreed sold the refinery for $350M

Puget Sound is one of 4 operating refineries in Washington State.

It primarily runs medium sour crude from Alaska (ANS) and Canada (Synthetic).

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 9.0

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 149 kbpd

Vacuum distillation - 66 kbpd

Coker - 26 kbpd

FCC - 58 kbpd

Reformer - 22 kbpd - Semiregen

Naphtha hydrotreater - 22 kbpd

Kerosene hydrotreater - 22 kbpd

Distillate hydrotreater - 48 kbpd

FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 39 kbpd

Alkylation - 15 kbpd - Sulfuric acid - regen provided by Chemtrade (formerly Allied) Anacortes plant 

Sulfur plant - 350 t/d

Pet coke - 8 kbpd

Land -  850 Acres

Employees - 600

Location

Puget Sound Refinery, 8505 S Texas Rd, Anacortes, WA 98221 USA

Puget Sound refinery website

Refinery history

1958 - Built by Texaco

1998 - Placed into 50/50 JV with Shell called Equilon

1998 - Shell sold the nearby Anacortes refinery to Tesoro

2002 - Shell acquired full control when Texaco merged with Chevron

2016 - Naphtha hydrotreater added

2021 - Shell sold the refinery to HollyFrontier