# Strathcona Refinery

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The **Strathcona Refinery** is an [oil refinery](/source/Oil_refinery) located in [Strathcona County](/source/Strathcona_County) adjacent to [Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), Alberta, Canada, owned by [Imperial Oil](/source/Imperial_Oil). The refinery provides oil products, primarily gasoline, aviation fuel, diesel, lubricating oils, petroleum waxes, heavy fuel oil and asphalts.[1]

The refinery was built in 1975 and replaced older refineries in Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, and Calgary.[2]

A fire occurred at the refinery in 2007 that resulted it in temporarily operating at reduced capacity.[3]

## Avgas contamination

On February 15, 2018 [Imperial Oil Limited](/source/Imperial_Oil) the Canadian subsidiary of U.S. petroleum company [ExxonMobil](/source/ExxonMobil) and sole producer of Avgas in Canada announced[4] that it had notified [Transport Canada](/source/Transport_Canada) that it was immediately ceasing all production of AVGas produced at the Strathcona Refinery due to quality issues, specifically that "the product quality issue may cause interference with on-board fuel gauge sensors of aircraft using avgas." Imperial also sent out warnings to airport [FBOs](/source/Fixed_Base_Operator) about the quality issues and ordered that all sales of Avgas since December 28, 2017 be stopped and the fuel in question be quarantined until Imperial can make arrangements to have the fuel returned to the refinery. As a result many small aircraft have been left stranded at airports across Canada until fuel supplies from neighboring [U.S.](/source/United_States) can be delivered.

## Refinery units

Refinery unit capacities as of 2018[5]

Unit Capacity in bpcd Atmospheric Distillation Unit 189,000 Vacuum Distillation Unit 69,000 FCC Unit 64,500 Naphtha Reformer 21,000 Gasoline Desulphurization Hydrotreater 30,500 ULSD Hydrotreater 78,500 Other Hydrotrreating 52,000 Alkylation 15,500 C4 Isomerization 6,500 H2 SMR Production mmscf/d 20.0 Lubes 3,000 Sulfur mt/d 49

## See also

- [Husky Lloydminster Refinery](/source/Husky_Lloydminster_Refinery), [Lloydminster](/source/Lloydminster) ([Husky Energy](/source/Husky_Energy)), 30,000 oilbbl/d
- [Scotford Upgrader](/source/Scotford_Upgrader), [Strathcona County](/source/Scotford,_Alberta) ([Shell Oil Company](/source/Shell_Oil_Company)), 114,000 oilbbl/d
- Strathcona Refinery, [Strathcona County](/source/Strathcona_County) ([Imperial Oil](/source/Imperial_Oil)), 191,000 oilbbl/d
- [Sturgeon Refinery](/source/Sturgeon_Refinery), [Sturgeon County](/source/Sturgeon_County) ([North West Redwater Partnership](/source/North_West_Redwater_Partnership) — [Canadian Natural Resources](/source/Canadian_Natural_Resources) and North West Refineries), 80,000 oilbbl/d
- [Suncor Edmonton Refinery](/source/Suncor_Edmonton_Refinery), [Strathcona County](/source/Strathcona_County,_Alberta) ([Suncor Energy](/source/Suncor_Energy)), 142,000 oilbbl/d

## External links

- [Company Web-site](http://www.imperialoil.ca/Canada-English/operations_refineries_strathcona.aspx)

## References

1. ["Strathcona Refinery"](http://www.imperialoil.ca/Canada-English/operations_refineries_strathcona.aspx). Imperial Oil. Retrieved September 10, 2011.

1. ["About Imperial Oil"](http://www.imperialoil.ca/Canada-English/Imports/history/about_who_history.aspx). Imperial Oil. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130314190948/http://www.imperialoil.ca/Canada-English/Imports/history/about_who_history.aspx) March 14, 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

1. ["Imperial Oil assesses impact of refinery fire"](http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=d6a5f540-2ee5-4915-bd8f-aae0e4b11f54&k=23364). [Edmonton Journal](/source/Edmonton_Journal). June 3, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2011.

1. ["Imperial notifies Transport Canada of potential aviation fuel quality issue"](https://news.imperialoil.ca/press-release/imperial-notifies-transport-canada-potential-aviation-fuel-quality-issue) (Press Release). Calgary, AB: Imperial Oil. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

1. ["2018 Worldwide Refining Capacity Summary"](https://www.ogj.com/ogj-survey-downloads/worldwide-refining/document/17299950/2018-worldwide-refining-capacity-summary). *Oil & Gas Journal*. – via Print.

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