Puget Sound Refinery
Storage tanks and towers at Puget Sound Refinery, Anacortes, Washington | |
| State | Washington |
|---|---|
| City | Anacortes |
| Coordinates | 48°28′13″N 122°33′34″W / 48.47028°N 122.55944°W |
| Refinery details | |
| Owner(s) | HF Sinclair (2021–present) Shell (2001–2021) Equilon (1997-2001) Texaco (1957-1997) |
| Commissioned | 1958 |
| Area | 850 acres (340 ha) |
| Capacity | 149,000 bbl/d (23,700 m3/d) |
| No. of employees | 500 |
| Website | Puget Sound Refinery |
The Puget Sound Refinery is an oil refinery on March Point near Anacortes, Washington, United States. It is operated by HF Sinclair and is one of the largest employers in Skagit County. The refinery has a capacity of 145,000 barrels a day, making it the 52nd largest in the United States, in 2015, with facilities that include a delayed coker, fluid catalytic cracker, polymerization unit and alkylation units. HF Sinclair’s refinery produces three grades of gasoline, fuel oil, diesel fuel, propane and butane. This plant is currently the only refinery in Washington state unable to accommodate tight oil via rail. The permitting process is currently underway for the proposed 60,000 b/d unloading capacity of the East Gate Rail Project.