37°12′45.9″N 76°26′51.6″W / 37.212750°N 76.447667°W / 37.212750; -76.447667 Yorktown Refinery was an oil refinery in Virginia located alongside of the York River built in 1956. It is now used by Plains All American Pipeline LP as a rail and water oil terminal.
The refinery used to be operated by Giant Industries and earlier operated by BP/Amoco. Giant Industries was acquired by Western Refining in 2007. The refinery could run high TAN crude oil (crude oil with a high content of naphthenic acids). The refining operations were shut down in the fall of 2010 and the refinery was later demolished.
References
- Scott Harper (2012-12-23). "Virginia's only oil refinery becoming storage facility". The Virginia Pilot.
- "Giant Industry refining". Retrieved 2006-11-06.
- Amin, Reema (October 10, 2015). "Two oil refinery structures demolished on Plains All American site". Daily Press. Yorktown, Virginia: Tribune Publishing. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
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