Irving Oil Refinery
The refinery at sunset.
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 Location of Irving Oil Refinery in New Brunswick
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| Country | Canada |
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| Province | New Brunswick |
| City | Saint John, NB |
| Coordinates | 45°16′44″N 66°0′45″W / 45.27889°N 66.01250°WCoordinates: 45°16′44″N 66°0′45″W / 45.27889°N 66.01250°W |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | Irving Oil Limited Refining Division (subsidiary of Irving Oil) |
| Owner(s) | Irving Oil Limited Refining Division (subsidiary of Irving Oil) |
| Commissioned | 1960 |
| Capacity | 300,000 bbl/d (48,000 m3/d) |
The Irving Oil Refinery is a Canadian oil refinery located in Saint John, New Brunswick. It is currently the largest oil refinery in Canada, capable of producing more than 300,000 barrels (48,000 m3) of refined products per day.
The refinery is owned and operated by Irving Oil Limited Refining Division, which is a subsidiary company of Irving Oil Ltd. Irving Oil is wholly owned by Fort Reliance Company Ltd., a holding company owned by Arthur Irving and his family; it is considered part of the Irving Group of Companies.
The refinery was built in 1960 as a partnership between Irving Oil and Standard Oil Co. of California (SOCAL) on a 780-acre (320 ha) site in Saint John, Canada. It was built in such a way, that it would allow for expansions, which occurred in 1971, 1974 and in 2000 with a $1.5 billion upgrade. Irving Oil bought out SOCAL's share in the early 1980s.
The refinery is supplied with crude oil primarily delivered by supertankers to the company's Canaport deep-water terminal which was commissioned in 1970; prior to 1970, crude oil was delivered to the refinery through a much smaller terminal located on Courtney Bay immediately north of the Saint John Shipbuilding property. After Canaport opened, this terminal was converted to exclusively export the refinery's output. In 2011 the refinery built a rail terminal for receiving crude oil; the refinery is served by tracks owned by CN but which are operated by New Brunswick Southern Railway.
In July 2010, Irving Oil cancelled plans for an $8-billion project, known as Eider Rock, which would have seen a second refinery built south of Saint John adjacent to the Canaport property with its partner BP Plc. Irving and BP claimed "the demand for refined fuel had dropped and the capital costs of a new refinery were higher than expected." Construction had been scheduled to start in 2011 and at its peak, the refinery project was predicted to create 5,000 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs. In February 2011, Fort Reliance Co. Ltd., Irving Oil Ltd.'s parent company, also cancelled its $30-million project to build a new headquarters at Long Wharf on property owned by the Port of Saint John.
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