Philadelphia was a very large, medium complexity refinery comprised of two integrated sites (Point Breeze and Girard Point) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The plant was closed in 2019 after a major fire.
The refinery was owned and operated by a partnership between The Carlyle Group and Sunoco.
The refinery processed light sweet crude supplied from the international market by water and from domestic production by rail.
Atmospheric distillation - 355 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 163 kbpd
FCC - 139 kbpd
Reformer - 86 kbpd - Semiregen
Naphtha hydrotreater - 78 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 163 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 65 kbpd
Alkylation - 26 kbpd - HF acid
C4 Isomerization - 5 kbpd
Aromatics extraction - 5 kbpd
3144 Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19153 USA
1870 - Point Breeze built by Atlantic refining with 2 kbpd
1874 - Atlantic acquired by Standard Oil
1879 - After a fire, the plant was rebuilt and expanded
1891 - Expanded to 40 kbpd
1911 - Atlantic spun off with the breakup of the Standard Oil Trust
1930s - Capacity reached 60 kbpd
1920 - Girard Point built by Gulf Oil
1966 - Atlantic merges with Richfield to form ARCO. Atlantic contributed Point Breeze with 130 kbpd.
1982 - Gulf Oil (and Girard Point) acquired by Chevron
1985 - Investor acquires Point Breeze from ARCO and forms new Atlantic Oil Co
1988 - Sunoco acquires Atlantic Oil (and Point Breeze)
1994 - Sunoco acquires Girard Point from Chevron
1995 - Sunoco integrates two sites
2006 - VGO hydrotreater shut down and FCC gasoline hydrotreater added
2013 - PES acquires refinery
2020 - Refinery permanently closed after a major fire