Tacoma refinery

Also known as:

US Oil

Tacoma is a small, low complexity refiney located in the State of Washington, in the US

It is owned and operated by Par Pacific through its US Oil Refining subsidiary

Refinery configuraton

Complexity: 5.7

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 42 kbpd

Vacuum distillation  - 19 kbpd

C5/C6 Isomerization - 5 kbpd

Reformer - 7 kbpd - Semiregen

Naphtha hydrotreater - 10 kbpd 

Distillate hydrotreater - 9 kbpd

Asphalt plant - 9 kbpd

Sulfur plant - 11 t/d

Location

3001 Marshall Ave, Tacoma, WA 98421, USA

Tacoma refinery website

Refinery history

1957 - Refinery commissioned by Pacific Oil and Refining at 5 kbpd

1959 - Second crude unit added to produce asphalt

2006 - Acquired by Astra Oil Trading

2014 - Acquired by Trailstone

2016 - Naphtha hydrotreater added

2018 - Acquired by Par Pacific