Products and Facility
The refinery, with current crude capacity of 39,000 barrels per day (6,200 m3/d) is located on 136 acres (55 ha) in the deep-water Port of Tacoma, Washington. This includes 11.5 acres (4.7 ha) of waterfront with 1,350 feet (410 m) of waterfront on the Blair Waterway which provides direct access by ocean-going barges and tankers. Five pipelines, varying in size, connect the refinery and marine terminal. There is also a 14.5-mile (23.3 km) pipeline connecting the refinery to McChord Air Force Base, supplying jet fuel to the base. The refinery has direct rail access and is close to both a major interstate highway system and the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
The refinery's products include gasoline, diesel, marine and jet fuels, residual fuels, and asphalt. These products are made by use of a few different primary process units, including vacuum distillation, catalytic reforming, isomerization, and diesel hydrotreating.
USOR receives all of its crude oil by vessel at its dock. The refinery has storage capacity for approximately one million barrels of crude oil and one million barrels of refined petroleum products. Projects are currently underway (2007) to build an additional 500,000 barrels (79,000 m3) of crude oil and 250,000 barrels (40,000 m3) of product storage capacity. Product distribution facilities include truck & trailer, marine and rail loading for fuels and asphalt in Tacoma, and deliveries of jet fuel via pipeline.
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