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Oil and Gas Businesses in Alberta

Alberta is one of the Canada’s province that produces the most of Canadian oil. This includes light and heavy crude oil, synthetic crude oil, crude bitumen, natural-gas condensate. Most of the Alberta’s oil production came from its huge oil sands deposits, whose production has been significantly growing in recent years.

Alberta province is the centre of Canadian crude oil pipeline systems and it includes four oil refineries with capacity of over 458,200 barrels per day of crude oil.

There are four refineries in Alberta located on what is known as Refinery Row in Strathcona County near Edmonton. Their combined capacity is over 458,200 barrels per day of crude oil. Besides products such as diesel fuel and gasoline, the Alberta refineries also produce off-gases.

The list of Alberta oil refineries:

  • The Suncor Energy. It was founded in 1919 in Montreal (Quebec). Its capacity is 142,000 barrels per day of crude oil.
  • The Imperial Oil Strathcona Refinery. It is located near Edmonton with its capacity of 187,200 barrels per day.
  • The Shell Canada Scotford Refinery. It is located near Edmonton with its capacity of 100,000 barrels per day.
  • The Husky Lloydminster Refinery at Lloydminster. Its capacity is 29,000 barrels per day.
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Learn more about Alberta Oil Industry in our article.