# BP Cherry Point Refinery

BP Cherry Point Refinery, Ferndale, WA. 238,500 bpd crude capacity (EIA-820). Injects into Olympic Pipeline; reaches 6 delivery points and 16 terminals by published tariff. Crude supply, outlets, events.

- Location: Ferndale, WA
- Status: active
- Crude capacity: 238,500 bpd (EIA-820)
- Operator: BP Products North America Inc.
- Parent: BP p.l.c.

## Pipelines it injects into
- Olympic Pipeline at Cherry Point, Whatcom County (research) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/olympic-pipeline/
- Olympic Pipeline at Ferndale, Whatcom County (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/olympic-pipeline/

## Reach by published tariff route
| Pipeline | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Pipeline | 6 | 17 | 32.69 | 76.77 |

## Crude supply
- marine: BP Cherry Point Marine Terminal (deepwater dock, incl. North Wing Dock) — downstreamdownload.com describes Cherry Point as processing 'medium sour crude from Alaska and from foreign imports' with no mention of a pipeline crude supply. A 2023 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit decision capped crude handling at the marine terminal at 191 million barrels/year and restricts use of the North Wing Dock.
- marine: Possible Canadian crude via Trans Mountain's Westridge/Burnaby export terminal (tanker, not pipeline) — LOW CONFIDENCE / inferred: a January 2025 KUOW article notes 'no maritime deliveries since May [2024] from the Trans Mountain export terminal in Burnaby to BP Cherry Point,' implying such deliveries occur periodically by ship rather than by dedicated pipeline. This directly conflicts with a separate Trans Mountain press release that lists Cherry Point alongside Anacortes and Ferndale as a Puget Sound Pipeline destination -- see graph_edge_review for edge 4772.

## Product outlets
- pipeline: Olympic Pipeline — BP's own Olympic Pipe Line Company specifications manual lists Cherry Point as one of the system's three refinery origin points (with Ferndale and Anacortes).
- marine: Vessel export of anode-grade petroleum coke — Inferred, not directly documented: the refinery is described as 'a major supplier of anode grade coke to the aluminum industry,' which would most plausibly move by vessel from the refinery's own dock, but no source confirms the shipping mode.

## Recent events
- 2026-02-20 — Olympic Pipeline mainline shut for roughly two days of maintenance-related activity, restarted evening of Feb 19, 2026; BP reported no product release.
- 2025-11-25 — A leak on BP's shared Olympic Pipeline near Everett, WA halted refined-product deliveries (including jet fuel to Sea-Tac Airport) for nearly two weeks; progressively restored through Nov 25, 2025. Shared-infrastructure disruption affecting Cherry Point's product egress, not a refinery-specific event.
- 2025-06-13 — Multi-month planned turnaround concluded; brought in over 2,800 contractors; installed new remotely-operated valves on the coker unit to let workers remotely empty coke drums; the refinery ran at partial capacity while the coker unit was under work.

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Source: Thinking On Energy Supply Explorer — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/refinery/bp-products-north-america-inc-ferndale-wa/
Built from published FERC pipeline tariffs, EIA-820, the IRS Terminal Control Number list and sourced research. Rates are line-haul only. Cite as: Thinking On Energy, Supply Explorer, 2026-09-28.