Port Allen refinery

Also known as:

Placid

Port Allen is a small, medium complexity refinery located in Louisiana, in the US

The refinery is owned and operated by Placid Refining, a subsidiary of PetroHunt

Refinery configuraton

Complexity: 7.7

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 83 kbpd

Vacuum distillation  - 27 kbpd

Solvent deasphalting  - 12 kbpd - Kerr McGee ROSE technology. 2-stage unit. nC4 and nC5 solvent. Produces FCC feed and fuel.

FCC   - 26 kbpd

Alkylation - 7.5 kbpd - HF acid

Reformer - 12 kbpd - Semiregen

Naphtha hydrotreater - 12 kbpd 

FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 20 kbpd

Distillate hydrotreater - 25 kbpd

Sulfur plant - 55 t/d

Location

1940 LA-1, Port Allen, LA 70767, USA

Port Allen refinery website

Refinery history

1975 - Refinery acquired by Placid Oil

1983 - ROSE unit added

1994 - Refinery spun off from the rest of Placid when the company was acquired by Oxy

2008 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added