Billings Refinery (ExxonMobil)

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The Billings Refinery is an American oil refinery located in Billings, Montana. The refinery is currently owned and operated by ExxonMobil, which announced on October 20, 2022, that it would sell the refinery to Par Pacific Holdings; the sale is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2023. [1]

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The complex is capable of refining 62,000 barrels (9,900 m3) of crude oil per day. [2]

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References

  1. "ExxonMobil to sell Billings refinery to Par Pacific Holdings". ExxonMobil. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  2. "We are ExxonMobil Billings Refinery" (PDF). ExxonMobil. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

Coordinates: 45°48′42″N108°26′02″W / 45.81167°N 108.43389°W / 45.81167; -108.43389