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
- 33
- terminals reachable by barge
- 4
- 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's system overview lists the BP Whiting Refinery as a connecting facility at its Hammond receipt point and at its East Chicago receipt point on the Badger system. The West Shore tariff names the origin towns only and does not name the refinery. Neither document breaks out grades. |
Hammond, IN on the West Shore system and East Chicago, IN on the Badger system | gasoline distillate | source |
| products out | pipeline | Wolverine Pipeline Wolverine Pipe Line tariff FERC No. 170.15.0 has an origin named Hammond (Whiting Refinery), Lake County, Indiana, separate from the general Hammond origin that covers the neighbouring terminals. Wolverine's systems overview also lists the BP Whiting Refinery among its Hammond connections. The tariff covers petroleum products and does not break out grades. |
At the refinery. The tariff origin is Hammond (Whiting Refinery), Lake County, Indiana. | gasoline distillate | source |
| products out | rail | Railcar loading at the refinery The state air permit lists propane railcar loading near the J&L Tank Field, which can also load butane, and rail car load-out of petroleum coke at the coker. The Oil Movements unit also ships product over railcar racks. The permit does not name the serving railroad. |
propane lpg petroleum coke | source | |
| products out | marine | Marine Dock Facility The state air permit describes a three-berth dock used to store and transfer products. The dock tanks listed hold decant oil, light cycle oil and residual oil. Gasoline loading at the dock ceased January 1, 2010, and the permit does not name the waterway or give vessel limits. |
fuel oil | source |
Docks
The docks at this facility and, where a ship agent or port publishes it, the largest vessel each berth takes. Channel conditions change; these figures are a guide, not clearance to sail.
Marine Dock Facility · products out
- Owned by BP Products North America Inc. Three dock berths.
- Used to store and transfer products. Dock tanks listed in the permit hold decant oil, light cycle oil and residual oil.
- Gasoline loading at the dock ceased January 1, 2010. Naphtha, gasoline and blendstocks at 4.0 psia Reid vapor pressure or more may no longer be loaded there.
- The permit does not name the waterway and gives no vessel limits.
Source: Indiana Department of Environmental Management air permit T089-41271-00453 (draft renewal) and permit modification 089-45450-00453, read 2026-10-11.
Pipeline reach
| Pipeline | Injects at | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverine Pipeline |
Hammond (Whiting Refinery), Lake County, IN
|
7 | 9 | 22.97 | 198.09 |
| West Shore Pipeline |
East Chicago (Lake County), IN per research
|
6 | 24 | 89.78 | 147.77 |
By water
| Waterway | Terminals | Nearest mi | Farthest mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal | 2 | 19 | 19 |
| Illinois Waterway | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Des Plaines River / Illinois Waterway | 1 | 41 | 41 |
All 4 barge-reachable terminals
| Terminal | Location | Supplied by barge on | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum Fuel & Terminal - Forest View | Forest View, IL | Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal (Argo / Forest View) | 19 |
| Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC | Forest View, IL | Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal (Forest View) | 19 |
| Imtt - Lemont | Lemont, IL | Illinois Waterway | 24 |
| IMTT-Illinois | Channahon, IL | Des Plaines River / Illinois Waterway (Channahon) | 41 |
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.