Borger refinery
Borger is a medium sized, high conversion refinery located 50 miles northeast of Amarillo, Texas in the US.
The refinery is owned by WRB, a 50/50 JV between Cenovus Energy and Phillips 66, and is operated by Phillips 66.
The refinery primarily processes medium sour crude from West Texas and from Western Canada.
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 15.7
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 157 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 81 kbpd
Coker - 28 kbpd - Delayed coker
RCC - 54 kbpd - Kellogg. Originally HOC unit. Revamp using Stone and Webster technology. Processes hydrotreated residue.
Reformer - 31 kbpd - Semiregen
Naphtha hydrotreater - 68 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 15 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 29kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 78 kbpd
Alkylation - 14 kbpd - HF acid
C4 Isomerization - 15 kbpd
C5/C6 Isomerization - 31 kbpd
Hydrogen production - 91 MMscfd
Pet coke - 8 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 340 t/d
Land - 6000 Acres
Employees - 920 (including contractors
Refinery history
1926 - Refinery commissioned
1927 - Acquired by Phillips
1961 - Original RCC unit added
1995 - RCC unit revamped
2002 - Conoco and Phillips merged
2006 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added
2007 - Borger placed into a 50/50 JV between Conoco Phillips and Encana
2007 - Vacuum unit, VGO hydrotreater and coker added
2009 - Encana spun off its integrate oil business, including refining, as Cenovus
2011 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater shut down
2012 - ConocoPhillips separated upstream and downstream businesses and Phillips 66 retained refineries