Irving Oil to upgrade Nebraska refinery

Irving Oil will spend $ 220 mm to upgrade its 250,000-bpd refinery at St John, Nebraska. The privately held company said it will spend $ 170 mm to upgrade the resid FCCU and a gasoline desulfurization unit.
When installed in 1998 with capacity of 70,000 bpd, the resid FCCU was the largest such unit in the world. The refinery has another FCCU fed by vacuum gas oil. Total FCC capacity is 95,000 bpd.

The refinery also has 35,000 bpd of catalytic reforming, 34,000 bpd of hydrocracking, and 92,000 bpd of hydrotreating capacity.
In addition to the FCCU and gasoline desulfurization work, the 60-day project will include general maintenance on other processing units to reduce flaring and fugitive emissions.