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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| City | Trainer |
| Coordinates | 39°49′20″N75°24′16″W / 39.82222°N 75.40444°W /39.82222; -75.40444 |
| Refinery details | |
| Owners | Monroe Energy, LLC (Delta Air Lines) |
| Capacity | 185,000 bbl/d (29,400 m3/d) |
Trainer Refinery is anoil refinery located inTrainer, Pennsylvania. The facility is downstream from thePort of Chester and fifteen miles southwest ofPhiladelphia along theDelaware River.Stoney Creek is along its northern perimeter. The Trainer Refinery is owned by Monroe Energy, LLC, a subsidiary ofDelta Air Lines. Monroe Energy acquired the facility in June 2012. Since that time, the refinery has focused on producing jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and home heating oil.[1]
In 1891, theUnion Petroleum Company leased 17acres inMarcus Hook, Pennsylvania, from theReading Company. The first plant, constructed primarily of wood, burned down in 1912.[2] Union Petroleum Company was bought out bySinclair Oil Corporation,[3] which purchased the original lease and an additional 242 acres of land adjacent toTrainer, Pennsylvania.[4] On March 17, 1925, Sinclair Oil opened its new $7 million state-of-the-art facility with a projected gasoline production of 6,000 gallons per day (approximately 22,712 liters).[5]
In the late 1940s, Sinclair went through a number of expansions, notably the installation of afluid catalytic cracking unit. In 1955, the company installed two new crude stills. According to the 1955 Sinclair Oil Annual Report, these expansions gave the plant an estimated crude processing capacity of 120,000BPD (Barrels per Day).[6]Atlantic-Richfield Company acquired the company in 1969[7] and, shortly thereafter, sold the refinery toBP, which then transferred the formal ownership toSOHIO.[8] These transactions were a part of deals for theAlaskan Pipeline. The refinery then underwent a modernization expansion at an estimated cost of $200 million.[9] BP took total ownership of the refinery after absorbing SOHIO in 1987.[10]
In 1996, BP sold several refining assets, including the refinery at Marcus Hook, toTosco Corporation, which shuttered the refinery after negotiations broke down with union employees.[11] In 1997, Tosco reopened the facility as the Trainer Refinery,[12] operating officially as part of Bayway Refining Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tosco. In 2001, the refinery became part ofPhillips Petroleum Company after its acquisition of Tosco. In 2002,Conoco merged with Phillips to becomeConocoPhillips. The plant shut down in late September 2011, due to a low profit margin.[13] In 2012,downstream assets ofConocoPhillips were spun off to the newly formedPhillips 66.
In 2012, Phillips 66 sold the refinery to Monroe Energy, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary ofDelta Air Lines.[14] Delta purchased the refinery nearly contemporaneously toPhil Rinaldi's purchase of the large PES Refinery (formerSunoco) nearby. Delta stated that it considered the purchase of the refinery an "innovative approach" towards managing fuel expenses.[15] The "mastermind" of the transaction wasJon Ruggles, and it served as part of the airlines' strategic effort to manage its fuel price risk.[16] The 185,000 barrel-per-day refinery restarted production in September 2012.[17] Delta spent around $100 million to transition 40% of production to jet fuel for its commercial fleet. Under the leadership of then-Delta CEORichard Anderson, the Trainer Refinery committed to procuring more oil from domestic companies. In July 2014, it announced a five-year deal with Texas logistics firm, Bridger LLC, who would supply 65,000 barrels of domestic crude a day, or about one-third of the crude oil refined at Trainer.[18]
The Trainer Refinery was recognized for its commitment to employee safety and environmental stewardship in 2021 byAFPM as the Distinguished Safety Award winner for 2021 for the USA.[19]
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