Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery
Phillips 66 Company · Phillips 66 · Ferndale, WA
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 105,000
- pipelines it injects into
- 1
- delivery points reachable
- 6
- terminals on those points
- 13
- terminals reachable by sea
- 16
- events on record
- 5
Capability
Crude distillation 105,000 bpd operable, 105,000 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) | 37,200 |
Upgrading
| Catalytic reforming — low pressure | 17,600 |
| Vacuum distillation | 47,166 sd |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — diesel | 40,367 sd |
| Hydrotreating — gasoline | 37,795 sd |
| Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed | 19,444 sd |
Production capacity
Crude slate
The refinery receives crude by marine vessel, pipeline and railcar. It was originally designed to run low sulfur Canadian crude delivered by pipeline from Alberta, and its rail facility was built to unload mid-continental crude oils. Alaska North Slope crude by tanker is reported by secondary sources only.
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude in | marine | Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery marine terminal The refinery's own 1,800 ft pier on the Strait of Georgia receives crude oil. NOAA Coast Pilot 10 says the pier is used for the receipt of crude oil, and the Northwest Clean Air Agency says the refinery receives crude by marine vessel, railcar and pipeline. |
Crude by tanker. Alaska North Slope crude from Valdez, AK is reported by secondary sources and is not confirmed in the permit papers or the Coast Pilot. | crude | source |
| crude in | pipeline | Trans Mountain Puget Sound Pipeline Operated by Trans Mountain Pipeline (Puget Sound) LLC. Its tariff FERC No. 4.16.0 runs from the boundary near Sumas to the four connected refineries near Anacortes and Ferndale and does not name them individually. The Northwest Clean Air Agency says this refinery receives crude by pipeline and was originally designed to run low sulfur Canadian crude delivered by pipeline from Alberta. |
Canadian crude from the Trans Mountain system at the international boundary near Sumas, Washington | crude | source |
| crude in | rail | Crude Unloading Facility at the refinery A rail spur and railcar unloading area built in 2013 that began operating on November 18, 2014. It can unload up to 54 railcars at a time. Secondary sources give its capacity as 30,000 bpd, and an earlier rail and barge arrangement through Targa Resources' Tacoma terminal ended in September 2013. |
Mid-continental crude oils by railcar | crude | source |
| products out | pipeline | Olympic Pipeline Olympic's tariffs (WUTC No. 59 and FERC No. 36.25.0) list a Ferndale, Whatcom County origin separate from Cherry Point, Whatcom County. The tariff names the place and not the refinery. The Northwest Clean Air Agency says gasoline and diesel leave the plant by pipeline, and Phillips 66 says most products are distributed by pipeline and barge. |
Olympic's Ferndale, Whatcom County origin point | gasoline distillate | inferred |
| products out | truck rack | Phillips 66 Company Ferndale refinery truck rack (T-91-WA-4427) The air permit lists a gasoline and diesel truck loading rack at the refinery, a single island bottom loading rack built in 1953 and modified in 1990. The Northwest Clean Air Agency says it ships gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and heating oil. The IRS lists terminal T-91-WA-4427 as Phillips 66 Company at the refinery's address. |
At the refinery, 3901 Unick Road, Ferndale | gasoline distillate jet fuel | source |
| products out | marine | Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery marine terminal The marine terminal ships gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, along with refinery intermediates, and the pier is also used for bunkering vessels. The air permit caps gasoline loaded onto vessels at under 10,000,000 barrels in any rolling 12 months. |
Refinery pier on the Strait of Georgia, 2.4 miles north of Sandy Point | gasoline distillate jet fuel fuel oil | source |
| products out | barge | Barge shipments from the refinery pier Residual fuel oil supplies the northwest marine bunkering market. Phillips 66 says most refined products are distributed to customers in the northwest United States by pipeline and barge. |
Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery marine terminal | fuel oil | source |
| products out | rail | Railcar loading racks at the refinery An LPG railcar loading rack ships LPG, butane and propane. A separate liquid railcar rack ships and receives diesel, jet fuel, heating oil and liquid intermediates and is not equipped to handle gasoline. |
At the refinery | lpg propane distillate jet fuel | 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.
Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery marine terminal · crude in, products out
- L-shaped pier 1,800 ft long, 2.4 miles north of Sandy Point. The Coast Pilot still prints it as the pier of the Tosco Refining Company.
- Outer face: 883 ft of berthing space, reported depths 42 to 53 ft alongside. Inner face: 722 ft of berthing space, 35 ft alongside. Deck height 18 ft.
- Used for the receipt of crude oil, the shipment of petroleum products and bunkering vessels.
- The marine terminal ships and receives crude oil and refinery intermediates and ships jet fuel, diesel and gasoline.
- The air permit caps gasoline loaded onto marine vessels at under 10,000,000 barrels in any rolling 12 months.
- Owned by Phillips 66 Company.
Source: NOAA Coast Pilot 10 ; Northwest Clean Air Agency Air Operating Permit 016R3M1 and Statement of Basis, read 2026-10-11.
Pipeline reach
| Pipeline | Injects at | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Pipeline |
Ferndale, Whatcom County per research
|
6 | 13 | 32.69 | 75.35 |
By sea
| Lane | Evidence | Vessels | Terminals | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puget Sound refineries → Portland Over 90% of Oregon's fuel comes from Washington refineries: "about 75 percent by Olympic Pipeline to Oregon, remaining product by tanker ships" (other ODOE pages say pipeline and barge). |
high 2019 | tanker, ocean barge | 6 | Oregon Department of Energy, Oregon Fuel Action Plan, House Committee on Veterans & Emergency Preparedness, 23 May 2019, slide 4; ODOE Fuel Supply & Distribution System |
| Puget Sound refineries → Vancouver WA terminals No document names the marine supply of the Vancouver WA terminals; inferred from their Columbia River docks and the Portland lane. They may instead be barged from Portland. |
low | ocean barge | 3 | EIA, West Coast Transportation Fuels Markets (Stillwater Associates for EIA), Sept 2015 p.37; inference |
| Bay Area and Puget Sound refineries → Los Angeles / Long Beach marine terminals Northern California "regularly supplies parts of Southern California and Oregon by marine vessel"; Southern California took about 16,000 b/d of distillate by marine from other West Coast regions (2013). CEC (2024): after the Martinez/Rodeo conversions the Bay Area will no longer have surplus gasoline for Southern California; Washington cargoes are a regular source. |
medium 2013 | tanker, ATB | 4 | EIA, West Coast Transportation Fuels Markets (Stillwater Associates for EIA), Sept 2015, pp.24, 30-33, 38-40; California Energy Commission (2024) |
| Portland terminals → Umatilla and Pasco (Columbia–Snake river barges) Petroleum barges "originate at the Port of Portland and are offloaded to fuel racks at the Ports of Umatilla and Pasco": 902,240 short tons in 2019 (737,983 in 2020), about 38% of upbound tonnage and declining. No evidence was found for The Dalles or Lewiston/Clarkston. |
high 2019 | river barge | 3 | USDA AMS / Washington State University (Jessup et al.), The Importance of Columbia-Snake River Navigation to U.S. Agriculture, sec. 8.2 Petroleum; Oregon Department of Energy |
All 16 terminals reachable by sea
| Terminal | Location | Lane | Miles along lanes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TLP Management | Portland, OR | Puget Sound refineries → Portland | 392 |
| Nustar Terminal Services Vancouver, WA | Vancouver, WA | Puget Sound refineries → Vancouver WA terminals | 392 |
| Tesoro Logistics Operations LLC | Vancouver, WA | Puget Sound refineries → Vancouver WA terminals | 392 |
| Shore Terminals, LLC - Portland, OR | Portland, OR | Puget Sound refineries → Portland | 393 |
| NuStar Terminal Operations Partnership L.P. - Vancouver, WA | Vancouver, WA | Puget Sound refineries → Vancouver WA terminals | 393 |
| Chevron USA Incorporated - Portland | Portland, OR | Puget Sound refineries → Portland | 395 |
| Kinder Morgan Portland Liquid Terminals | Portland, OR | Puget Sound refineries → Portland | 395 |
| McCall Oil and Chemical Corp. | Portland, OR | Puget Sound refineries → Portland | 395 |
| Shell Oil Products U.S. | Portland, OR | Puget Sound refineries → Portland | 396 |
| Tidewater Terminal - Umatilla | Umatilla, OR | Portland terminals → Umatilla and Pasco (Columbia–Snake river barges) (river barge) | 586 |
| Tesoro Logistics Operations - Pasco | Pasco, WA | Portland terminals → Umatilla and Pasco (Columbia–Snake river barges) (river barge) | 619 |
| Tidewater Terminal - Snake River | Pasco, WA | Portland terminals → Umatilla and Pasco (Columbia–Snake river barges) (river barge) | 620 |
| Petro-Diamond Terminal Company | Long Beach, CA | Bay Area and Puget Sound refineries → Los Angeles / Long Beach marine terminals | 1,344 |
| Shore Terminals, LLC - Wilmington, CA | Wilmington, CA | Bay Area and Puget Sound refineries → Los Angeles / Long Beach marine terminals | 1,345 |
| Vopak Terminal Los Angeles Inc | Wilmington, CA | Bay Area and Puget Sound refineries → Los Angeles / Long Beach marine terminals | 1,345 |
| Olympus Terminals LLC | Long Beach, CA | Bay Area and Puget Sound refineries → Los Angeles / Long Beach marine terminals | 1,347 |
Substitutes
Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.
Olympic Pipeline
- BP Products North America INC · Ferndale, WA 238,500 bpd
- Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refg LLC · Anacortes, WA 145,000 bpd
- Tesoro Refining & Marketing CO · Anacortes, WA 119,000 bpd
Events
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2026-02-20
outage
Olympic Pipeline mainline shut for roughly two days of maintenance-related activity, restarted evening of Feb 19, 2026; BP reported no product release. source
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2025-11-25
outage
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 Ferndale's product egress, not a refinery-specific event. source
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2024-08
other
Dock maintenance project on the refinery pier's timber causeway. The work replaced the timber deck with concrete and the existing 677 steel and wood piles with 196 new steel piles, under a NOAA marine mammal monitoring plan. This was dock maintenance and not a refinery turnaround. source
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2019
expansion
The Tier III Hydrotreater Unit began operation, allowing the refinery to produce gasoline meeting federal Tier III standards. source
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2014-11-18
expansion
The Crude Unloading Facility began operating. The project added a rail spur and a railcar unloading area that can unload up to 54 railcars at a time. 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.