Yorktown Refinery
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Yorktown Refinery is an oil refinery
located alongside of the York river.
The refinery used to be operated by Giant Industries and earlier operated by BP/Amoco.
Giant Industries was acquired by Western Refining
in 2007. The refinery can run high TAN
crude oil (crude oil with a high content of naphthenic acid
s). On August 5, 2010, it was announced that the refinery will close in apporoximately 6 to 9 weeks.
Oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas...
located alongside of the York river.
The refinery used to be operated by Giant Industries and earlier operated by BP/Amoco.
Giant Industries was acquired by Western Refining
Western Refining
Western Refining Company, L.P. is an independent crude oil refiner and marketer headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Western Refining Company operates primarily in the Southwestern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Western Refining has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange...
in 2007. The refinery can run high TAN
Total Acid Number
The Total Acid Number is the amount of potassium hydroxide in milligrams that is needed to neutralize the acids in one gram of oil. It is an important quality measurement of crude oil. The TAN value indicates to the crude oil refinery the potential of corrosion problems. It is usually the...
crude oil (crude oil with a high content of naphthenic acid
Naphthenic acid
Naphthenic acid is the name for an unspecific mixture of several cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl carboxylic acids with molecular weight of 120 to well over 700 atomic mass units. The main fraction are carboxylic acids with a carbon backbone of 9 to 20 carbons. The naphtha fraction of the crude oil...
s). On August 5, 2010, it was announced that the refinery will close in apporoximately 6 to 9 weeks.