Montreal East Refinery (Shell Canada)

Montreal East Refinery
View of the Distillation of crude oil unit (now defunct) from the Sherbrooke East street
Location of Montreal East Refinery
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
CityMontreal East
Coordinates45°37′31″N 73°31′49″W / 45.62528°N 73.53028°W / 45.62528; -73.53028
Refinery details
OperatorShell Canada (Soon Delek US)
Owner(s)Shell Canada (Soon Delek US)
Commissioned1933 (1933)
Capacity161,000 bbl/d (25,600 m3/d)
No. of employees100
Refining unitsalkylation, isomerisation, distillation of crude oil, hydrocracking, reforming catalytic, cracking catalytic, thermal catalytic, desulphuration
No. of oil tanks154 (discontinued use)
Oil refining centerMontreal

The Montreal East Refinery (French: Raffinerie de Montréal-Est) was an oil refinery located in Montreal East and formerly Shell Canada's largest refinery. In October 2010, refinery operations permanently ceased and the facility was subsequently converted into a storage terminal.