Convent was a large, high-conversion refinery located on the Mississippi River, about 30 miles Southeast of Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the US.
Convent is 100% owned and operated by Shell.
It was previously part of a 50/50 JV between Shell and Saudi Aramco (Motiva) which was dissolved in 2017.
In 2020 Shell stopped refinery operations at the site.
Shell is considering converting parts of the plant to renewable fuel production.
Complexity: 10.7
Atmospheric distillation - 260 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 119 kbpd
FCC - 92 kbpd
Resid hydrocracker - 55 kbpd - H-oil unit
Reformer - 46 kbpd - Semiregen
Naphtha hydrotreater - 50 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 42 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 76 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 40 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 58 kbpd
Alkylation - 23 kbpd
C5/C6 Isomerization - 16 kbpd
3288 River Rd, Darrow, LA 70725 USA
1967 - Built by Texaco
1989 - Placed in Star JV between Texaco and Aramco
1998 - Shell joined JV and it is was renamed Motiva
2012 - Hydrogen plant shut down
2017 - JV with Aramco dissolved and Convent became fully owned by Shell
2018 - FCC naphtha hydrotreater added, shut down one of two naphtha hydrotreaters
2020 - The refinery was closed after failing to find an acquirer