El Dorado (Arkansas) refinery
Also known as:
Lion Oil refinery
The El Dorado Arkansas refinery is a small, medium complexity refinery in El Dorado, Arkansas.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Delek (through its Lion Oil subsidiary)
The refinery processes a mix of domestic light sweet crude and medium sour crude from offs-shore Gulf of Mexico and imports (through LOOPLOOP).
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 10.3
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 85 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 45 kbpd
Solvent deasphalting - 7 kbpd
FCC - 21 kbpd
Reformer - 15 kbpd - Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 20 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 35 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 21 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 9 kbpd
Alkylation - 5 kbpd - Sulfuric acid
C5/C6 Isomerization - 8 kbpd
Hydrogen production - 10 MMscfd
Asphalt plant - 20.5 kpd
Sulfur plant - 157 t/d
Refinery history
1922 - Built by Lion Oil
1955 - Lion acquired by Monsanto
1975 - Refinery acquired by ToscoTosco
1985 - Refinery acquired by Ergon
2004 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added
2008 - Hydrogen plant added
2011 - Refinery acquired by Delek