Also known as:
The Trainer refinery is a large, medium complexity refinery located on the Delaware River in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Monroe Energy (a subsidiary of Delta Airlines).
The refinery processes primarily light sweet crude oil from West Africa, North Africa and from domestic sources (delivered directly by rail or by barge through the Gulf Coast).
The refinery is located on the Delaware River
Products are distributed to the local market and through the mid Atlantic on Laurel and Buckeye pipelines. Jet fuel is moved by pipeline and barge to airports in Boston and New York.
Product exchange agreements allow the refinery to convert gasoline and diesel to jet fuel for the parent company.
Complexity: 7.8
Atmospheric distillation - 208 kbpd - two units
Vacuum distillation - 73 kbpd
FCC - 53 kbpd
Hydrocracker - 23 kbpd - Chevron isocracker technology
Reformer - 50 kbpd - Continuous (platformer)
Naphtha hydrotreater - 80 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 23 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 53 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 34 kbpd - scanfining unit
Alkylation - 12 kbpd - HF acid
Sulfur plant - 90 t/d
1912 - Original refiner built by Union Petroleum
1921 - Acquired by Sinclair
1925 - New refinery built by Sinclair
1969 - Refinery acquired by ARCO
1969 - Refinery acquired by Sohio
1975 - Hydrocracker added
1987 - BP acquires Sohio
1996 - Refinery acquired by Tosco
2001 - Phillips acquires Tosco
2002 - Phillips and Conoco merge to form Conoco Phillips
2011 - ConocoPhillips shuts down the refinery
2012 - Refinery acquired by Monroe Energy (subsidiary of Delta Airlines) for $150M and restarted
2013 - VGO hydrotreater shut down and FCC gasoline hydrotreater added
2014 - Signed agreement with Bridger for access to domestic crude by rail
2014 - Refinery upgrade to increase distillates production ($150M)
2017 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added (60 kbpd), salvaging and relocating an idle unit (Scanfining) from another site