- List of oil facilities in Montreal
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Montreal is the largest oil refining centre in Canada. This refining centre is located in the Greater Montreal Area, essentially in the east part of the Montreal Island. Varennes city is another part of the refining centre.
Contents
- 1 Refineries
- 2 Old Refineries
- 3 Petrochemical plants
- 4 Terminals
- 5 Pipelines Companies
- 6 Bitum Compagnies
- 7 Others Companies
- 8 References
Refineries
Commercial refineries
Shell Canada - Montreal East Refinery (161 000 bpd)
The Shell Canada - Montreal East Refinery is located inside the Montréal-Est city on Sherbrooke East Street. This refinery was founded in 1931, the second Montreal refinery after the Imperial Oil (Esso) Refinery. The refinery isn't located far from to petrochemical industries like Coastal Petrochemical, Shell Chemical, Parachem petrochemical, Interquisa Canada and Marsulex (Sulconam) Canada. This refinery have some essential petrochemical infrastructures to complete the oil refining.
On June 4, 2010, Shell Canada officially announced the commencement to downgrade the refinery into a terminal, following the unsuccessful attempt to find a buyer to take over the plant.[1]
Geographical localization
City: Montréal-Est
- North: Highway 40 / Petromont / Karbomont
- South: Interquisa Canada / Imperial Oil Ltd. fields / Ashland Canada
- East: Coastal Petrochemical / Selenis Canada (IMG Group) / Montreal Pipeline Ltd.
- West: LaFarge Ltd.
Refining Units
- Alkylation
- Isomerisation
- Desulfurization Units
- Catalytic Craking
- Catalytic Reforming
- Craking
- Hydrocraking
- Distillation of Crude oil
- Chemicals plants
Suncor Energy - Montreal Refinery (160 000 bpd)
Formerly known as the Petro-Canada - Montreal Refinery, prior to merger with Suncor Energy in Aug 2009. The Montreal Refinery is located inside the Pointe-aux-Trembles/Rivières-des-Prairies borought in the Montreal city on Sherbrooke East Street. This refinery had another name when this refinery was founded, the Petrofina Montreal Refinery. This refinery has the same refining capacity as the Shell Canada refinery. It was founded in 1955 inside the square formed by Sherbooke East, Saint-Jean Baptiste, Marien and the Highway 40. It's the third refinery of this refining centre.
Geographical Localisation
City: Montreal (Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles)
- North: Shell Canada Terminal / Gaz Metropolitain factory
- South: Nova Chemical
- East: Pointe-aux-Trembles manufacturing industrial park
- West: Marsulex (Sulconam) / McAsphalt Plant / Ultramar Terminal
Refining Units
- Alkylation
- Isomerisation
- Desulfurization Units
- Catalytic Craking
- Craking
- Hydrocraking
- Distillation of Crude oil
- Chemicals plants
- Polymerisation
- Cokefaction*
Gulf Oil Canada Ltd. - Montreal East Refinery (65 000 bpd)
The Montreal East Refinery (Gulf Oil Canada) is essentially a little refinery located inside the Coastal Petrochemical fields. It's located inside the Montréal-Est city and not far from the petrochemical infrastructures. It is the only refinery which restarted since the massive closure of refineries in the 80s.
Geographical location
City: Montréal-Est
- North: Parachem Petrochemical / Ultramar Terminal
- South: Bitumar Bitum and BurPak Plant / Coastal Petrochemical
- East: Marsulex (Sulconam)
- West: Coastal Petrochemical / Selenis Canada (IMG Group) / Shell Canada Montreal East Refinery
Refining Units
- Alkylation
- Isomerisation
- Desulfurization Units
- Catalytic Craking
- Craking
- Distillation of Crude oil
Total Commercial Refining Capacity: 386 000 bpd
- Shell Canada - Montreal East Refinery: 161 000 bpd (closing in 2010)
- Suncor (formerly Petro-Canada) - Montreal Refinery: 160 000 bpd.
- Gulf Canada Oil - Montreal East Refinery: 65 000 bpd (closed for many years)
Industrial refineries
Petromont S.E.C. - Varennes Refinery (58 000 bpd)
The Petromont refinery is located in Varennes city in the south shore of Montreal. This refinery is actually in stand-by but the plant hasn't been destroyed. It made some petrochemical product essentially and some products for the Montreal oil industries. Petromont is a compagny of Dow Chemical and the Société générale de financement du Québec.
Geographical Localisation
City: Varennes
- North: Basell Polyolefins / Air Liquide / Kronos Canada
- South: Solamax
- East: Hydro-Quebec Power Terminal
- West: Greendfield Ethanol
Refining Units
- Isomerisation
- Desulfurization Units
- Catalytic Craking
- Craking
- Distillation of Crude oil
Total Industrial Refining Capacity: 58 000 bpd
- Petromont S.E.C - Varennes Refinery - 58 000 bpd.
Total refining capacity: 444 000 bpd
- Shell Canada - Montreal East Refinery: 161 000 bpd.
- Suncor Energy - Montreal Refinery: 160 000 bpd.
- Gulf Canada Oil - Montreal East Refinery: 65 000 bpd.
- Petromont S.E.C. - Varennes Refinery: 58 000 bpd.
Old Refineries
Texaco Montreal East Refinery
The Texaco Montreal East Refinery was located on the current grounds of Interquisa Canada on Gamble Avenue. It was near the Imperial Oil Ltd. refinery. It was founded in the 60s and operated for only twenty years. The closure of the Texaco refinery coincided with those of the refineries of Imperial Oil Ltd., Gulf Canada, and BP. These massive closures of refineries were made in the 80s during the oil crisis.
BP Montreal East/Anjou Refinery
The BP Montreal East/Anjou Refinery was situated on the current grounds of the Metropolitan golf club in the Anjou district of the city of Montreal. It was the only refinery to be built in the North of the metropolitan freeway. It produced gasoline for twenty years but the oil crisis in the Middle East forced its closure in the 80s.
Imperial Oil Ltd. Esso Montreal East Refinery
The Imperial Oil Ltd. Esso Montreal East Refinery was the first Montreal refinery. It was founded in 1913, three years after the foundation of the city of Montréal-Est. The facility refined oil for more than 70 years and it returned service to the east Montrealers. It was constantly evolving and during the last years of its operation, the company made massive investments to strengthen the refinery's position in the market. The closure of the refinery and its dismantling remains mysterious due to its profitability and its successful refining units. It is possible that a new Imperial Oil refinery will return to Montreal-East.
Petrochemical plants
Coastal Petrochemical
The petrochemical company of Coastal is quite new because it is the result of a restart thanks to the company Interquisa Canada. Indeed, this company carried the name of Kemtec Petrochemical. Today, this petrochemical complex make paraxylene, benzene and toluene, before, phenol and acetons. The Coastal Petrochemical company is a commercial partner with Parachem petrochemical, Selenis Canada and Interquisa Canada.
Kemtec Petrochemical
The Kemtec Petrochemical compagny was a company similar to that of Coastal Petrochemical. Its transformed and finished products are practically the same, except in the case of the phenol and the acetones where Coastal made dismantle the industrial units.
Geographical Localisation
City: Montréal-Est
- North: Highway 40 / Petromont / Ultramar Terminal
- South: Bitumar Bitum and BurPak Plant / Montreal Pipeline Ltd.
- East: Gulf Oil Canada Montreal East Refinery / Parachem Petrochemical
- West: PttPoly Canada (Shell Chemicals) / Shell Canada Montreal East Refinery
SELENIS CANADA (IMG GROUP)
Geographical location
City: Montréal-Est
- North: Highway 40 / Coastal Petrochemical
- South: Montreal Pipeline Ltd.
- East: Parachem Petrochemical / Bitumar Bitum and BurPak Plant
- West: Shell Canada Montreal East Refinery
Nova Chemical
Geographical location
City: Montreal
- North: Petro-Canada Montreal Refinery
- South: -
- East: Petro-Canada Montreal Refinery
- West: McAsphalt Plant
Parachem Petrochemical
Geographical location
City: Montréal-Est
- North: Ultramar Terminal
- South: Gulf Oil Canada Montreal East Refinery
- East: Ultramar Terminal / Marsulex (Sulconam)
- West: Coastal Petrochemical
Interquisa Canada
Geographical Localisation
City: Montréal-Est
- North: Shell Canada Montreal East Refinery / LaFarge Inc.
- South: Canterm Canadian Terminal
- East: Imperial Oil Ltd. fields / Ashland Canada
- West: LaFarge Inc.
Basell Polyolefins
Geographical location
City: Varennes
- North: -
- South: Petromont S.E.C. - Varennes Plant
- East: -
- West: Kronos Canada / Greendfield Ethanol
Petromont S.E.C.
Geographical location
City: Montréal-Est
- North: Karbomont
- South: Shell Canada Montreal East Refinery
- East: -
- West: -
Terminals
Canterm Canadian Terminal
Norcan Terminal
Shell Canada Terminals
Rivières-des-Prairies Terminal
Port of Montreal Terminal
Ultramar Terminal
Suncor Energy Terminals
Pointe-aux-Trembles Terminal
Montreal East Terminal
Coastal Petrochemical Terminal
The petrochemical terminal of Coastal Petrochemical is the property of Ultramar. She is a tenant. She stores petrochemical products as the paraxylene, the toluene, the phenol, the acetone and the good of the other products. His locationis near the residences of the Montreal-East. Recently, we taught it that he had a petrochemical draining of products in the river Saint Lawrence, the eviron 500 000 tons.
Pipelines Companies
IN CONSTRUCTION
Montreal Pipelines Ltd.
Owned by J. Ian McAvity.
Trans-Northern Pipeline Ltd.
Petromont Pipelines
Portland-Montreal Pipe Line
Bitum Compagnies
IN CONSTRUCTION
Bitumar
McAsphalt
Others Companies
IN CONSTRUCTION
Marsulex (Sulconam)
Wolverine Tube
Nexans Tube
Ashland Canada
Gaz Metropolitain
References
Categories:- Oil refineries in Canada
- Neighbourhoods in Montreal
- Montreal-related lists
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