CHS McPherson Refinery

CHS McPherson Refinery, Inc. · CHS Inc. (farmer-owned agricultural/energy cooperative) · Mcpherson, KS

Operating PADD2 ngl fractionation petrochemical feedstocks petcoke

Aerial view of the site Imagery: USDA, USGS The National Map (public domain)

bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026: 119,000
pipelines it injects into: 4
delivery points reachable: 86
terminals on those points: 138
events on record: 0

Capability

Crude distillation 119,000 bpd operable, 119,000 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)	24,000
Hydrocracking — gas oil	41,800
Delayed coking	26,200

Upgrading

Catalytic reforming — low pressure	28,000
Vacuum distillation	54,600 sd

Treating — meets sulfur specs

Hydrotreating — diesel	47,000 sd
Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed	42,400 sd

Production capacity

Alkylates · 10,500 Hydrogen mmcfd · 78 Isomerization isobutane · 2,500 Isomerization isopentane isohexane · 12,000 Petcoke market · 8,490 Sulfur short tons day · 333

Crude slate

Predominantly local/regional Kansas-produced crude gathered via CHS's own Jayhawk/Kaw pipeline system.

Crude in & products out

Direction	Mode	Route	Point / origin	Products	Source
crude in	pipeline	Jayhawk Pipeline / Kaw Pipe Line Company Jayhawk Pipeline (headquartered in McPherson) moves 140,000+ bpd of crude and connects to all major Kansas crude pipelines; Kaw Pipe Line Company, 100%-owned by CHS McPherson Refinery Inc. and operated by Jayhawk, gathers crude from truck-unloading stations across central and north-central Kansas. The refinery gets the majority of its crude from local Kansas producers.	Local and North-Central Kansas crude gathering	crude	source
products out	pipeline	CHS Pipelines & Terminals (proprietary) CHS's own pipeline network moves NGL, butane, propane and gasoline between the McPherson refinery and the Conway, KS underground storage hub.	Conway, KS underground storage facility	ngl butane propane gasoline	source

Pipeline reach

Pipeline	Injects at	Delivery points	Terminals	Lowest ¢/bbl	Median ¢/bbl
Magellan Midstream	McPherson, KS same city	58	87	96.78	416.98
NuStar Pipeline	McPherson, KS same city	22	20	75.20	274.15
Enterprise / TEPPCO	McPherson (McPherson Co., KS) same city	4	30	573.28	573.28
Phillips 66 Pipeline	McPherson, KS (Heartland) same city	2	1	201.16	237.62

Substitutes

Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.

Events

No events on record.

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.