Ponca City refinery
Ponca City is a medium sized, medium complexity refinery located in Ponca City, Oklahoma in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Phillips 66.
The refinery processes a mix of light, medium and heavy crude, primarily received by pipeline from West Texas, the US Midwest and Western Canada.
The refinery produces the full array of fuels products as well as anode grade coke.
Products are distributed mostly to the local market and across the Midwest region.
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 10.1
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 223 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 89 kbpd
Coker - 27 kbpd - Conoco technology, 2 drums.
FCC - 77 kbpd - two units
Reformer - 54 kbpd - Semiregen
Naphtha hydrotreater - 52 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 19 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 72 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 39 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 59 kbpd
Alkylation - 18 kbpd - HF acid
Hydrogen production - 35 MMscfd
Pet coke - 6 kbpd
Land - 2500 Acres
Employees - 960 (including contractors)
Refinery history
1914 - Built by Marland Oil
1929 - Marland purchased Continental Oil and assumed name (Conoco)
1949 - Conoco headquarters moved from Ponca City to Houston
1958 - Coker added
1981 - Dupont acquired Conoco
1998 - Dupont IPO'd Conoco
2002 - Conoco and Phillips merged
2003 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added
2005 - Hydrogen plant expanded
2006 - ULSD unit added
2010 - C4 isomerization shut down
2012 - ConocoPhillips separated businesses and Phillips 66 retains refineries