Pine Bend Refinery

Pine Bend Refinery
Pine Bend Refinery in 2018
CountryUnited States
ProvinceMinnesota
CityMinneapolis-St. Paul
Coordinates44°46′0″N 93°2′30″W / 44.76667°N 93.04167°W / 44.76667; -93.04167
Refinery details
Owner(s)Flint Hills Resources
Commissioned1955
Capacity320,000 bbl/d (51,000 m3/d)

The Pine Bend Refinery is the largest oil refinery in Minnesota, located in the Twin Cities suburbs of Rosemount and Inver Grove Heights next to southern split of U.S. Highway 52 and Minnesota State Highway 55. The refinery is notable for being the largest in the United States to be located in a state without any oil wells.[citation needed] Overall, it ranked 14th in the country as of 2012 by production, with a nameplate capacity of 320,000 barrels (51,000 m3) per day.[1][2] The facility is owned by Flint Hills Resources (FHR), a subsidiary of Koch Industries.

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  2. ^ "Refinery Rankings". U.S. Energy Information Agency. Retrieved 11 August 2013.