Big Spring refinery

The Big Spring refinery is a small, medium complexity refinery located in Big Spring, Texas in the US.

The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Delek.

The refinery primarily processes light sour crude from the Permian Basin.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 9.5

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 74 kbpd

Vacuum distillation - 28 kbpd

Solvent deasphalting - 10 kbpd

FCC - 24 kbpd

Reformer - 22 kbpd

Naphtha hydrotreater - 26 kbpd

Kerosene hydrotreater - 5 kbpd

Distillate hydrotreater - 24 kbpd

VGO hydrotreater - 7 kbpd

FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 9 kbpd

Alkylation - 5 kbpd - HF acid

Aromatics extraction - 1 kbpd

Asphalt plant - 8 kbpd

Sulfur plant - 100 t/d

Location

200 Refinery Rd, Big Spring, TX 79720 USA

Big Spring refinery website

Refinery history

1929 - Built by Cosden Petroleum

1956 - Acquired by Fina

2000 - Acquired by Alon

2006 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added

2017 - Acquired by Delek