Navajo refinery
Also known as:
Artesia and Lovington
Navajo is a medium sized, medium complexity refinery comprised of two, integrated sites locate in Artesia and Lovington, New Mexico in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by HF Sinclair.
The refinery processes local light crude from New Mexico and West Texas.
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 10.3
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 124 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 34 kbpd
Solvent deasphalting - 18 kbpd
FCC - 30 kbpd
Hydrocracker - 18 kbpd
Reformer - 24 kbpd - Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 42 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 15 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 43 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 18 kbpd
Alkylation - 10 kbpd - HF acid
Hydrogen production - 38 MMscfd
Asphalt plant - 7 kpd
Sulfur plant - 224 t/d
RDU - 9 kbpd - Haldor Topsoe
Land - 561 acres
Refinery history
1925 - First plant built by Continental Oil
1931 - Second (adjoining plant) built by Maljamar Oil and Gas (Malco)
1940 - Third plant built by Numex Asphalt
1946 - Continental acquires Malco and shuts down first plant
1959 - Continental acquires the third plant and integrates the plants
1969 - Refinery acquired by Holly from Continental Oil
1974 - Lovington plant built by Famariss Refining
1975 - Southern Union acquires Famariss Lovington plant
1989 - Holly acquires Lovington plant from Southern Union and puts back into service
2006 - Hydrogen plant added
2011 - Holly merges with Frontier to form HollyFrontier
2012 - C5 isomerization shut down
2016 - SDA unit and hydrocracker added, VGO hydrotreater shut down
2017 - Diesel hydrotreater expanded (4 kbpd), $35MM project
2022 - Added a renewable diesel unit (RDU - 9 kbpd) using Haldor Topsoe technology, and a pre-treatment unit.