About
Shell's Montreal East Refinery (MER) opened March 24, 1933. At that time, the refinery was processing 5,000 barrels per day of crude oil, with a topping unit and a thermal cracking unit.
Today, MER refines approximately 130,000 barrels per day of crude oil, and employs 450 full-time employees. The refinery's daily gasoline production (7.5 million litres) would enable a vehicle getting 10 kilometres to the litre to circle the earth 1,800 times. Indirectly, through its activities, the Montreal refinery injects over $200 million a year into Montreal's economy.
Shell continues to invest in its facilities to ensure it complies with all new federal regulations and environmental best practices.
Shell became the first nation-wide refiner capable of producing low sulphur gasoline when it started up its gasoline hydrotreater in late 2002, following a $150 million investment.
MER is certified according to the ISO-9002 international standard for its activities related to the production of bitumen, lubricating oils, wax and aviation fuels, for its laboratory. Since 2001, Shell Canada also has maintained ISO 14001 certification for all its key operating facilities. In 2003, MER was part of a number of Shell facilities that underwent an independent audit to ensure its environmental management policies and systems continue to meet the required ISO 14001 standard. MER, like all Shell facilities involved, successfully completed reregistration. [1]
Contact Information
Montreal East Refinery
10351 Sherbrooke East Street
Montreal, Quebec (QC)
Canada
