Sinclair Refinery announced the purchase of property along Southwest Boulevard, and may use some existing cinder block buildings and warehouses for the expanded operation.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/TWPDFs/2007/Final/W_032007_E_1.pdf
They are also planning a major retool to come in compliance with tightened pollution laws and to increase capacity. Refineries are expensive to build, own and operate... but pay contractors very well.
I know the Sunoco refinery has a retool coming up, but did not know that Sinclair refinery has one planned.
Do you have any more information on that?
I stand corrected. Sunoco , not Sinclair.
I need to make sure I keep those straight.
Quote from: cannon_fodder on March 22, 2007, 04:44:32 PM
I stand corrected. Sunoco , not Sinclair.
I need to make sure I keep those straight.
They are now one in the same....
Quote from: FOTD on October 21, 2009, 08:05:52 AM
They are now one in the same....
Wow! Duh! We hadn't heard that. Got any more threads you can bump?
The plans are to build a pipeline connecting the two plants. That would allow them to operate as one large refinery.
I am pretty familiar with refinery operations because of serving on Sunoco's citizen advisory panel for over a decade. There are clear challenges meeting more and more stringent environmental regulations.
This seems to make a lot of sense. This would allow combining management and other issues like permitting. I imagine there could be some real cost savings to Holly.
In an effort to consolidate the refinery threads, please see:
Sinclair sold to Holly (http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=14451.0;topicseen)