Oakville Refinery (Shell Canada)

Coordinates: 43°22′54″N 79°43′19″W / 43.3816°N 79.7220°W / 43.3816; -79.7220
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Shell Oakville Refinery
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CityOakville
Refinery details
OperatorShell Canada
Owner(s)Shell Canada
Commissioned1953 (1953)
Decommissioned1983
Capacity44,000 bbl/d (7,000 m3/d)
Oil refining centerToronto

Shell Oakville Refinery was an oil refinery located at Oakville, Ontario in Canada. It was located south of the Oakville Refinery, operated by Petro-Canada. It had a processing capacity of 44,000 barrels per day (7,000 m3/d).[1]

The refinery was decommissioned in 1983. The site has been cleaned up and redeveloped as a residential area, with parkland.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ibbotson, B.G.; Gorber, D.M.; Reades, D.W.; Smyth, D.; Munro, I.; Willes, R.F.; Jones, M.G.; Granville, G.C.; Carter, H.J.; Hailes, C.E. (1988). "A Site Specific Approach for the Development of Soil Cleanup Guidelines for Trace Organic Compounds". In Kostecki, Paul T.; Calabrese, Edward J. (eds.). Petroleum Contaminated Soils: Remediation techniques, environmental fate, risk assessment, analytical methodologies, regulatory considerations. Petroleum Contaminated Soils. Vol. 3. CRC Press. pp. 321–325. ISBN 978-0-87371-135-7. Retrieved 2009-08-16.

43°22′54″N 79°43′19″W / 43.3816°N 79.7220°W / 43.3816; -79.7220