Whiting Refinery

Whiting Refinery
Whiting Refinery is located in Indiana
Whiting Refinery
Location of the Whiting Refinery in Indiana, United States
CountryUnited States
ProvinceIndiana
CityWhiting, East Chicago, & Hammond
Coordinates41°40′23″N 87°28′43″W / 41.67306°N 87.47861°W / 41.67306; -87.47861
Refinery details
OperatorBP Products North America
Owner(s)BP
Commissioned1889 (1889)
Area1,400 acres (570 ha)
Capacity450,000 bbl/d (72,000 m3/d)
No. of employees1800

The Whiting Refinery is an oil refinery located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal[1] and operated by BP. The facility is primarily located in Whiting, Indiana, USA, though portions of the 1,400 acres (5.7 km2) complex span into the neighboring cities of Hammond and East Chicago.[1]

The refinery was established in 1889 by Standard Oil of Indiana. It is the sixth largest refinery in the US and has a capacity of more than 400,000 barrels per day (64,000 m3/d) of crude oil.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference fact_sheet2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "BP Agrees To Add More Than $400M in Pollution Controls at Indiana Refinery And Pay $8M Clean Air Act Penalty". Oil and Gas Online. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.