Burnaby Refinery
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 Interactive map of Burnaby Refinery | |
| Country | Canada |
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| Province | British Columbia |
| City | Burnaby |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | Sunoco |
| Owner | Sunoco |
| Commissioned | 1935 |
| Capacity | 55,000 bbl/d (8,700 m3/d) |
| No. of employees | 500 (2021)[1] |
| No. of oil tanks | 45[2] |
| Oil refining center | Burnaby |
The Burnaby Refinery is an oil refinery located in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada owned by Sunoco LP. The facility refines crude and synthetic oil into gasoline, diesel, jet fuels, asphalts, heating oil, heavy fuel oil, butane, and propane. Crude oil is supplied to the facility from Northern British Columbia and Alberta through the Canadian government-owned 1,200-kilometre Trans Mountain Pipeline formerly owned by Kinder Morgan[3][4] The refinery is divided into Area 1 (the original site) now used for offices and oil storage and Area 2 the modern refining area.[5] The refinery has a Nelson Complexity Index of 9.1[6] Former and original owner-operator Chevron sold its Canadian assets to Parkland Fuel for C$1.46 billion ($1.09 billion) in April 2017, including 129 gasoline stations, three terminals and the Burnaby oil refinery.[7] According to the Oil & Gas Journal, the refinery completed a major turnaround in spring 2020. [8]
The refinery once again came under American ownership following Texas-based Sunoco LP's acquisition of Parkland in 2025.[9][10]
History
[edit]The refinery was established in 1935 by Standard Oil of California as one of few heavy industries in the area at that time, with a refining capacity 2,000 barrels per day (320 m3/d). Major expansion took place during the-mid 1950s, increasing capacity to 11,000 barrels per day (1,700 m3/d) as part of the post-war building boom in British Columbia. Further capacity increases during the mid-1970s brought refining capacity to 35,000 barrels per day (5,600 m3/d). Other lower mainland refineries were converted to terminals in the early 1990s with production transferred to Alberta.[11][non-primary source needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Parkland Burnaby Refinery Community Connection 2021" (PDF). Parkland Burnaby Refinery. Parkland Corporation. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ^ "September 2004 News Letter" (PDF). Professional Engineers and Geo-scientists of BC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
- ^ "Chevron Canada Limited's Burnaby Refinery". Chevron Canada Limited. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
- ^ "Chevron plans work at Burnaby refinery for October". Vancouver Sun. 8 Aug 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
- ^ "Burnaby oil refinery at earthquake risk". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Mar 16, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Parkland Fuel to buy Chevron Canada's downstream fuel business". Reuters. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019.
- ^ "StackPath".
- ^ Shaw, Rob (2026-01-07). "Rob Shaw: Eby floats refinery as pipeline pressure builds". Business in Vancouver. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Parkland Corporation to be Acquired by Sunoco LP | Parkland Corporation". www.parkland.ca. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
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