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CCRL Refinery Complex

Coop Refinery Complex
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
City Regina
Refinery details
Operator Federated Co-operatives Limited
Owner(s) Federated Co-operatives Limited
Commissioned May 27, 1935 (May 27, 1935)
Capacity 145,000 bbl/d (23,100 m3/d)
No. of employees 800
Refining units 33
Oil refining center Regina

Previously known as Consumers Co-operative Refinery Limited (CCRL) The Co-op Refinery Complex is an oil refinery spread over 544 acres (2.20 km2) located in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada owned by Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL). The refinery provides oil products to the member co-operatives of Federated Co-operatives Limited. The complex has completed a $2.9 billion upgrade project (2012) that can increase operations up to 145,000 barrels per day (23,100 m3/d)

On May 27, 1935, a group of 8 farmers from Saskatchewan started the world's first Co-operative Refinery. This went "on stream" as a 500 barrels-per-day Skimming Plant.

In 1939, the Co-op Refinery Complex signed a contract to build a Cracking Plant at a cost of some $250,000, which expanded production to 1,500 barrels per day.

On August 24, 1951, the Co-op Refinery Complex expanded to 5,000 barrels per day.

Today the Co-op Refinery Complex produces 130,000 bbl/d and covers 800 acres of land in the north east corner of Regina, Saskatchewan.

The refinery is located near the NewGrade Energy Inc. Upgrader used for the production of synthetic crude. The upgrader was originally constructed as a joint venture between the CRC and the Province of Saskatchewan (through Crown Investments Corporation) in 1988. The facility was the first upgrader built in Canada. On November 1, 2007, CCRL bought out the 50% interest held by the Crown for $383.1 million.

On October 6, 2011, an explosion occurred in the diesel processing area. This caused the site to be evacuated and sent seven people to hospital. The fire was expected to reduce the facility's diesel production by about 25 per cent, but did not affect its gasoline-processing operation. The refinery was undergoing a major expansion and renovation at the time which resulted in much higher numbers of personal on site at the time. All of the injured were employed by contractors. The explosion was found to be caused by a failure of corroded pipes. Consumers Co-operative Refinery Limited pleaded guilty to one of 5 Occupational Health and Safety charges and on May 12, 2015 was fined $280,000 for failing to ensure that work was "sufficiently and competently supervised". Fifty-two people had been injured the day of the explosion including 3 seriously.


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