Lima refinery
The Lima refinery is a medium sized, medium conversion refinery located in Lima, Ohio.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Husky Oil.
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 10.7
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 185 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 57 kbpd
Coker - 23 kbpd
FCC - 45.3 kbpd
Hydrocracker - 26 kbpd
Reformer - 55 kbpd - Semiregen
Naphtha hydrotreater - 63 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 24 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 36 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 35 kbpd
C4 Isomerization - 5 kbpd
C5/C6 Isomerization - 19 kbpd
Aromatics extraction - 9 kbpd
Pet coke - 6 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 240 t/d
Land - 1100 acres
Employees - 430 full-time and 120 contractors
Refinery history
1886 - Refinery built by Standard Oil as Solar Refining Company
1911 - Breakup of Standard Oil leaves refinery with Standard Oil of Ohio
1931 - Renamed Sohio
1986 - Acquired by BP
1998 - Acquired by Clark
2000 - Changed name to Premcor
2005 - Acquired by Valero
2005 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added
2006 - Distillate hydrotreater added
2007 - Acquired by Husky
2007 - Hydrogen plant shut down
2021 - Husky merged into Cenovus