Cherry Point refinery
Cherry Point is a large, high conversion refinery located on Puget Sound outside of Ferndale, Washington in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by BP.
The refinery processes medium sour crude from Alaska and from foreign imports.
In addition to transportation fuels, the refinery is a major supplier of anode grade coke to the aluminum industry.
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 10.0
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 251 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 139 kbpd
Coker - 62 kbpd - Calcine (anode) grade coke
Hydrocracker - 65 kbpd - UOP Unicracking
Reformer - 65 kbpd - Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 102 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 20 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 59 kbpd
C5/C6 Isomerization - 26 kbpd
Hydrogen production - 186 MMscfd
Pet coke - 15 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 284 t/d
Land - 3300 acres
Refinery history
1971 - Built by ARCO
1986 - Calciner added - 1.2 kt/d
1990 - Coker expanded to 53 kbpd
2000 - Acquired by BP
2009 - C5 isomerization added
2016 - Naphtha hydrotreater added
2016 - C4 isomerization shut down