Shell recently announced that it has completed a major growth project at its Scotford Refinery near Edmonton, Alberta, that will increase hydrocracker production capacity by 20 percent. The project was completed through the debottlenecking of the hydrocracker, a core refining unit for making transportation fuels, such as diesel and jet fuel.
The debottlenecking process replaces vessels, compressors and feed pumps to allow a greater volume of heavy crude oil to be processed. The project will equate to a 14,000 barrel per day increase in the unit’s production and enable Scotford to deliver more diesel, jet fuel and gasoline to customers.
An integrated site with a bitumen upgrader, oil refinery, chemical plant and carbon-capture-and-storage unit, Scotford produces a full range of products for the Western Canadian market.