Bradford refinery

Also known as:

American Refining

Bradford is a very small specialty products refinery located in Pennsylvania in the USA

The refinery is owned and operated by American Refining Group

Crude is source primarily from the surrounding region of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia

Products are primarily specialty products such as waxes and lubricants

Refinery configuraton

Complexity: 6.3

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 12 kbpd

Solvent deasphalting - ROSE unit, Kerr McGee. 2-stage unit. C3 solvent. Converted from SDA unit.  Produces lubes and specialty resins.

Reformer - 2 kbpd - Semiregen

Naphtha hydrotreater - 4 kbpd 

Distillate hydrotreater - 5 kbpd

C5 Isomerization - 0.8 kbpd  

Base oil plant - 3 kbpd

Asphalt plant - 0.6 kbpd 

Land - 131 acres

Location

77 N Kendall Ave, Bradford, PA 16701, USA

Bradford refinery website

Refinery history

1881 - Refinery commissioned by a group of private individuals

1913 - Refinery incorporated as Kendall Refining

1929 - Crude tower is installed

1950 - Platformer and new flare tower are added

1985 - New crude tower added

1993 - ROSE unit added (1.4 kbpd)

1997 - Acquired by Harry Halloren  (for $1) and renamed American Refining

2003 - Isomerization unit added

2008 - Hydrotreater added