Cherry Point Refinery
 Location of the Cherry Point Refinery in Washington, United States
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| Country | United States |
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| City | Blaine, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48°52′53″N 122°44′15″W / 48.88139°N 122.73750°WCoordinates: 48°52′53″N 122°44′15″W / 48.88139°N 122.73750°W |
| Refinery details | |
| Owner(s) | BP |
| Commissioned | 1971 |
| Capacity | 225,000 bbl/d (35,800 m3/d) |
The Cherry Point Refinery, owned by BP, is the largest oil refinery in Washington (and was the 30th largest in the U.S. in 2015). It is located about 7 mi (11 km) south of Blaine and 8 mi (13 km) northwest of Ferndale, a few miles south of the Canada–US border, on the Strait of Georgia between Birch Bay and Lummi Bay. Completed in 1971, its construction was overseen by George W. Glade, President of Parsons Constructors, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ralph M. Parsons Company. It is the fourth largest refinery on the West Coast, and is the last major oil refinery built in the United States. The Cherry Point refinery supplies about 20% of the gasoline in Washington state.
When first operational in 1971, Cherry Point had a capacity of about 100,000 barrels (16,000 m3). It currently processes over 225,000 barrels (35,800 m3) of petroleum (crude oil) per day, with 90% becoming gasoline, diesel or jet fuel. It covers about 3,300 acres (1,300 ha).
Most of Cherry Point's crude oil is from the Alaska North Slope. It is brought in by petroleum tankers via the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Rosario Strait and delivered directly to the refinery via the facility's tanker pier near a minor headland called Cherry Point, on the Strait of Georgia. The remainder of the crude comes from a pipeline connected to reserves in Western Canada. In January 2014 the refinery finished construction of a rail facility to import Bakken crude from North Dakota.
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