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Irving Oil Refinery
The refinery at sunset.
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CitySaint John, NB
Refinery details
OperatorIrving Oil Limited Refining Division (subsidiary of Irving Oil)
Owner(s)Irving Oil Limited Refining Division (subsidiary of Irving Oil)
Commissioned1960
Capacity300,000 bbl/d (48,000 m/d)

The Irving Oil Refinery]] is a Canadian oil refinery located in Saint John, New Brunswick. It is currently the largest oil refinery in Canada, capable of producing more than 300,000 barrels (48,000 m) of refined products per day.

The refinery is owned and operated by Irving Oil Limited Refining Division, which is a subsidiary company of Irving Oil. Irving Oil is wholly owned by Fort Reliance Company Ltd., a holding company owned by Arthur Irving and his family; it is considered part of the Irving Group of Companies.

History

The refinery was built in 1960 as a partnership between Irving Oil and Standard Oil Co. of California (SOCAL) on a 780-acre (320 ha) site. It was built in such a way that would allow for expansions in the future on the site. Expansions of the refinery occurred in 1971, 1974 and a $1.5 billion upgrade in 2000. Irving Oil bought out SOCAL's share in the early 1980s.

The refinery is supplied with crude oil primarily delivered by supertankers to the company's Canaport deep-water terminal which was commissioned in 1970; prior to 1970, crude oil was delivered to the refinery through a much smaller terminal located on Courtney Bay immediately north of the Saint John Shipbuilding property. After Canaport opened, this terminal was converted to exclusively export the refinery's output. In 2011 the refinery built a rail terminal for receiving crude oil; the refinery is served by tracks owned by CN but which are operated by New Brunswick Southern Railway.

In July 2010 Irving Oil cancelled plans for an $8-billion project, known as Eider Rock, which would have seen a second refinery built south of Saint John adjacent to the Canaport property with its partner BP Plc. Irving and BP claimed "the demand for refined fuel had dropped and the capital costs of a new refinery were higher than expected." Construction had been scheduled to start in 2011 and at its peak, the refinery project was predicted to create 5,000 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs. In February 2011, Fort Reliance Co. Ltd., Irving Oil Ltd.'s parent company, also cancelled its $30-million project to build a new headquarters at Long Wharf on property owned by the Port of Saint John.

Rail Accidents

On 6 July 2013, a train carrying crude oil from the Bakken Formation in North Dakota destined for the Irving Refinery derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, causing an explosion in the town center of Lac-Mégantic and killing 47 people.

On 7 January 2014, another train carrying crude from Manitoba to the Irving Refinery derailed in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick. This derailment caused explosions and fireballs and forced 150 people to evacuate their homes but did not cause any injuries.

Proposed pipeline

In July 2013 TC PipeLines announced a proposal to build the Energy East pipeline. This followed a February 2013 meeting between New Brunswick Premier David Alward and Alberta Premier Alison Redford, whereby New Brunswick announced its support for Alberta's call to export landlocked oil sands crude oil bitumen.

Getting Alberta crude oil to tidewater, such as the Canaport facility, would provide access to overseas markets using oil tankers whereby the oil would presumably command a higher price using the international Brent Crude index than it currently does in the western United States using the West Texas Intermediate index. Premier Redford described the Irving Oil refinery as an "anchor ... with the possibility of also exporting some of that crude by tanker."

References

  1. ^ http://www.irvingoil.com/company/refinery.asp
  3. Reid Southwick; Paola Loriggio (3 February 2011). "Port to reassess its plans". Saint John, New Brunswick: Telegraph-Journal.
  4. Haggett, Scott (7 July 2013). "Canadian oil train was headed for Irving's Saint John refinery". Reuters. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. "Train derailment and fire involving crude oil tankers likely caused by brake malfunction". The Globe and Mail. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  6. ^ Krugel, Lauren (5 February 2013). "New Brunswick an ally in getting landlocked Alberta crude to tidewater". Edmonton Journal (The Canadian Press).

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