{{Short description|Oil refinery in New Jersey, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox oil refinery | name = Port Reading Refinery | image = | image alt = <!-- See WP:Alternative text for images --> | caption = | location_map = USA New Jersey Middlesex County#USA New Jersey#USA | location_map_width = | location_map_text = Location of the Port Reading Refinery | coordinates = {{Coord|40.564|-74.249|region:US-NJ_type:landmark|display=inline, title}} | coordinates_ref = | country = United States | state = New Jersey | city = Perth Amboy and Port Reading | operator = | owner = Hess Corporation | founded = 1958 | closure = 2013 | capacity = | capacity bbl/d = | employees = | ref units = | oil tank = | oil refining center = }} '''Port Reading Refinery''', also known as '''Hess Refinery''' [https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/86538/2013/01/raw/17fea3a9c5b236f2bca9d238905ab154.jpg (photo)], was an oil refinery located in Perth Amboy and Port Reading, New Jersey. It was constructed by Hess Oil under Leon Hess in 1958. It was a simple refinery which further processed other refinery's product which began with heavy sour crude. It was owned by the Hess Corporation, refiners of Hess brand gasoline. The refinery itself had outlets that connected with Arthur Kill, enabling oil barges to make passage into the refinery's commons. The refinery had a neon red "HESS" sign on its cracking unit which was removed in December&nbsp;2013 after the property was sold. The refinery was closed in February&nbsp;2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Closure of Hess' Port Reading refinery means layoffs for 170 employees |url=http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/01/closure_of_hess_port_reading_r.html |quote=Fallout from today's announcement that Hess will permanently close its Woodbridge petroleum refinery by the end of next month was swift ... |newspaper=NJ.com |date=January 28, 2013 |access-date=2014-01-07 }}</ref>

==See also== *Bayway Refinery <!--*Port Reading Refinery--> *Perth Amboy Refinery *Chemical Coast *Port of Paulsboro

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120313032901/http://www.hess.com/operations/default.aspx Hess: Operations]

Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1958 Category:Oil refineries in the United States Category:Energy infrastructure in New Jersey Category:Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, New Jersey Category:Buildings and structures in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey Category:1958 establishments in New Jersey Category:2013 disestablishments in New Jersey

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