Delaware City refinery
Delware City is a medium sized, high conversion refinery located on the Delaware River in Delaware City, Delaware in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by PBF.
The refinery processes a wide mix of high-sulfur crude oils.
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 11.8
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 180 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 105 kbpd
Coker - 55 kbpd - Fluid coker, Exxon design. Revamp by Belco. Coke is used in onsite POX plant.
FCC - 86 kbpd
Hydrocracker - 22 kbpd
Reformer - 44 kbpd - Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 59 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 17 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 52 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 33 kbpd
Alkylation - 13 kbpd - Sulfuric acid - Acid regen provided onsite by Veolia's Red Lion plant
C4 Isomerization - 6 kbpd
Aromatics extraction - 5 kbpd
Hydrogen production - 65 MMscfd
Pet coke - 14 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 596 t/d
Land - 5000 acres