BP Whiting Refinery
BP Products North America Inc. · BP plc · Whiting, IN
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 435,000
- pipelines it injects into
- 2
- delivery points reachable
- 13
- terminals on those points
- 32
- events on record
- 3
Capability
Crude distillation 435,000 bpd operable, 435,000 operating (EIA-820, as of 2026-01-01). Downstream units below, barrels per calendar day.
Conversion — makes gasoline and diesel from heavier oil
| Catalytic cracking (FCC) | 169,500 |
| Delayed coking | 95,500 |
Upgrading
| Catalytic reforming — high pressure | 62,200 |
| Vacuum distillation | 276,200 sd |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — diesel | 121,500 sd |
| Hydrotreating — kerosene & jet | 51,400 sd |
| Hydrotreating — gasoline | 97,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed | 122,700 sd |
| Hydrotreating — heavy gas oil | 192,000 sd |
Production capacity
Crude slate
Heavy Western Canadian Select (oil sands) crude, up to ~90% of coker feed, blended with lighter grades.
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude in | pipeline | Enbridge Mainline (Lakehead System) Confirmed: 'Heavy crude from Canada travels on the Enbridge system to nearby Griffith Terminal and then to the refinery on the BP2 pipeline.' Refinery's Pipestill 12 coker processes up to 90% heavy Canadian (oil-sands) crude. The route is Enbridge Mainline -> Griffith Terminal -> BP's own BP2 pipeline for final delivery. |
Western Canada | crude | source |
| products out | pipeline | West Shore Pipeline West Shore Pipe Line Company moves refined products from Chicago-area refineries, including Whiting, to Illinois and Wisconsin. |
Chicago-area refinery cluster (Hammond/East Chicago area) | gasoline jet fuel diesel | source |
| products out | pipeline | Wolverine Pipeline Wolverine's own company history states 'the connection pipeline for BP Whiting Refinery, in Hammond, IN was completed,' directly confirming a dedicated Wolverine lateral serving Whiting. |
Hammond, IN | gasoline diesel | source |
Pipeline reach
| Pipeline | Injects at | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverine Pipeline |
Hammond (Whiting Refinery), Lake County, IN same city
|
7 | 16 | 22.97 | 198.09 |
| West Shore Pipeline |
East Chicago (Lake County), IN per research
|
6 | 16 | 89.78 | 147.77 |
Substitutes
Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.
West Shore Pipeline
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Joliet, IL 267,000 bpd
- Pdv Midwest Refining LLC · Lemont, IL 188,023 bpd
Wolverine Pipeline
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Joliet, IL 267,000 bpd
- Pdv Midwest Refining LLC · Lemont, IL 188,023 bpd
Events
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2025-08
outage
Multiple units taken offline after a severe thunderstorm caused flooding; refinery later returned to normal operating rates. source
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2024-12
outage
Whiting refinery returned to normal operations following a pipeline leak of liquid material. source
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2024-02
outage
A Whiting refinery outage widened the heavy-crude (Bakken/WCS) price discount, reflecting the refinery's importance as a heavy-Canadian-crude outlet. source
Rates are pipeline line-haul transcribed from published FERC tariffs; every figure cites its tariff and item. Cost to serve (netback) adds origin spot price and destination fees. "Confirmed" links match a tariff delivery point to the facility; "same city" means the point is in the facility's city — plausible, not proof; "per research" means the facility's research profile names the pipeline as an outlet.