Scotford is a large, high-conversion refinery located 40 miles northeast of Edmonton, Alberta in Western Canada.
It is 100% owned and operated by Shell through its Canadian subsidiary Shell Canada. It is integrated with the Scotford upgrader.
The refinery processes 100% synthetic crude oil supplied by the adjacent 225 kb/d Scotford Upgrader.
Scotford is a complex plant with large hydrocracker, relative to distillation capacity
Complexity: 10.1
Atmospheric distillation - 100 kbpd
Reformer - Continuous (CCR) unit
Distillate hydrotreater - ULSD
Employees: 1400
1984 - Refinery commissioned by Shell
2006 - ULSD hydrotreater added
2018 - Scotford upgrader sold to CNRL, with Shell retaining a 10% interest