Linden Refinery

About

The Bayway refinery, located on New York Harbor in Linden, N.J., has a crude oil processing capacity of 238 MBD and processes mainly light, low-sulfur crude oil. Crude oil is supplied to the refinery by tanker, primarily from the North Sea, Canada and West Africa. The facility distributes its refined products to East Coast customers through pipelines, barges, railcars and trucks.

The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels, such as gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel. Other products include petrochemical feedstocks, home heating oil and residual fuel oil. The mix of products produced changes to meet seasonal demand. Gasoline is in higher demand during the summer, while in winter the refinery optimizes operations to increase heating oil production. The complex also includes a 775-million-pound-peryear polypropylene plant. [1]