• Was accepted into the Occupational Safety and Health Association's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) as a Star Site, which recognizes it as one of the safest refineries in the nation
• Total feedstock throughput capacity of approximately 85,000 barrels per day (BPD)
• Products include gasoline, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, and ammonium thiosulfate fertilizer
• Employs approximately 220 individuals
• Located on 381 acres
• Commissioned in 1980, the refinery has had numerous upgrades since then

Overview
A relatively new facility, the Krotz Springs plant was built between 1979 and 1982 and had additional construction in the late 1980s and 1990s. We acquired this refinery, as well as facilities in Texas City and Houston, when we purchased Basis Petroleum from Salomon Inc. in 1997. With its access to upriver markets on the Mississippi River, the refinery has a distinct logistical advantage over other Gulf Coast plants.

Output
A medium-sized yet efficient facility, the Krotz Springs refinery produces a variety of petroleum products. Primary units include:

• 83,000-BPD crude distillation unit
• 34,000-BPD fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit
• 13,000-BPD reformer unit
• 6,600-BPD polymerization unit
• 4,000-BPD isomerization unit

Location/Access
The Krotz Springs refinery is located approximately halfway between Baton Rouge and Lafayette, Louisiana, on the Atchafalaya River. It is positioned on the Colonial pipeline for convenient product transportation to markets in the Southeast and Northeast. The refinery can ship products by barge, pipeline, truck and rail.

Click here to view the  Krotz Spring refinery operational flow diagram.