HF Sinclair El Dorado Refinery

HF Sinclair El Dorado Refining LLC · HF Sinclair Corporation · El Dorado, KS

Operating PADD2

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

bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026: 162,000
pipelines it injects into: 4
delivery points reachable: 72
terminals on those points: 126
events on record: 3

Capability

Crude distillation 162,000 bpd operable, 162,000 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)	42,000
Delayed coking	18,500

Upgrading

Catalytic reforming — low pressure	7,200
Catalytic reforming — high pressure	22,500
Vacuum distillation	65,000 sd

Treating — meets sulfur specs

Hydrotreating — diesel	54,000 sd
Hydrotreating — kerosene & jet	12,000 sd
Hydrotreating — gasoline	27,000 sd
Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed	50,000 sd
Hydrotreating — heavy gas oil	50,000 sd

Production capacity

Alkylates · 14,000 Asphalt road oil · 4,000 Hydrogen mmcfd · 56 Isomerization isobutane · 1,500 Isomerization isopentane isohexane · 15,000 Petcoke market · 7,000 Sulfur short tons day · 315

Crude slate

Mid-Continent crude slate sourced via the Cushing hub; specific split for El Dorado (vs. the ~10,000 bpd sour Canadian component documented for the Tulsa refineries) not separately confirmed.

Crude in & products out

Direction	Mode	Route	Point / origin	Products	Source
crude in	pipeline	Cushing Pipeline Interconnect HF Sinclair states its Mid-Continent refineries (El Dorado and Tulsa) are connected by pipeline to the Cushing, OK hub; El Dorado is about 125 miles from Cushing and has direct access to Cushing crude, including Canadian-origin barrels reaching Cushing.	Cushing, OK	crude	source
products out	pipeline	NuStar Pipeline Operating Partnership L.P. Ships product to the northern Plains states.	El Dorado refinery gate	gasoline distillate	source
products out	pipeline	Magellan Midstream Two Magellan routes: a 'mountain' pipeline to Denver, CO and a mid-continent pipeline to the Plains states.	El Dorado refinery gate	gasoline distillate	source
products out	truck rack	HollyFrontier El Dorado Refinery Refinery-direct truck rack; self-evident for an operating refinery of this scale.	Refinery site	gasoline distillate	source
products out	pipeline	NuStar Energy - El Dorado Station Consistent with the NuStar pipeline connection above; likely the same physical NuStar interconnect represented as a terminal node.	El Dorado, KS	gasoline distillate	source

Pipeline reach

Pipeline	Injects at	Delivery points	Terminals	Lowest ¢/bbl	Median ¢/bbl
Magellan Midstream	Kansas (Coffeyville/El Dorado/Kansas City Jct.) same city Kansas (El Dorado) same city	63	94	122.26	379.75
Enterprise / TEPPCO	El Dorado (Butler Co., KS) same city	4	30	558.09	558.09
NuStar Pipeline	El Dorado, KS same city Arkansas City, Conway, El Dorado, Hutchinson rail unloading, McPherson, Wichita / 21st Street Jct., KS per research	4	2	72.82	82.77
HF Sinclair / Holly Energy	HF Sinclair El Dorado, KS refinery same city	1	0	8.88	8.88

Substitutes

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

Events

2025-01 outage
El Dorado refinery lost power and shut down due to Winter Storm Blair. source
2025 outage
HF Sinclair cut processing rates at El Dorado due to repairs, per sources. source
2025 turnaround
Planned turnaround work at El Dorado cited by HF Sinclair as reducing quarterly system-wide crude throughput guidance. 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.