Ardmore is a small, medium complexity refinery in Ardmore, Oklahoma in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Valero.
The refinery primarily processes light sweet crude from the Permian Basin and from the crude supply hub at Cushing Oklahoma. There is pipeline supply from Cushing via the Red River pipeline and the Eagle North pipeline.
Product is sold in the local market and across the Midwest via the Magellan pipeline system.
Primarily produces fuels and asphalt.
Ardmore is small but medium complexity, with an RCC and a hydrocracker unit. It primarily runs light sweet domestic crude and supplies product to the surrounding region.
Complexity: 11.0
Atmospheric distillation - 88 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 32 kbpd
RCC - 30 kbpd - Stone and Webster technology. Replaced a gasoil FCC in 1982. Has a 2-stage regenerator. Processes hydrotreated feed.
Hydrocracker - 14 kbpd
Reformer - 21 kbpd - Continuous, Platformer
Naphtha hydrotreater - 27 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 35 kbpd - ULSD
VGO hydrotreater - 34 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 17 kbpd
Alkylation - 7 kbpd - HF acid
Hydrogen production - 27 MMscfd
Asphalt plant - 15 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 200 t/d
Land - 722 Acres
Employees - 280
1913 - Built by John Cameron
1939 - Acquired by Bell Oil and Gas
1966 - Acquired by Vickers Petroleum
1970 - Acquired by Esmark
1980 - Acquired by Total
1982 - RCC added
1997 - Acquired by Ultramar Diamond Shamrock
2002 - Acquired by Valero
2005 - Hydrocracker added