Wood River Refinery
Phillips 66 (operator of the WRB Refining LP joint venture) · Historically a 50/50 joint venture between Phillips 66 and Cenovus Energy (WRB Refining LP, formed 2007). MAJOR RECENT CHANGE: on 2025-03, Cenovus agreed to sell its 50% interest in WRB Refining LP (Wood River + Borger, TX refineries) to Phillips 66 for $1.4 billion; Phillips 66 announced the agreement to purchase the remaining interest, moving toward full ownership, with progress reported as of 2025-09-09. · Wood River, IL
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 345,000
- pipelines it injects into
- 3
- delivery points reachable
- 23
- terminals on those points
- 23
- events on record
- 2
Capability
Crude distillation 345,000 bpd operable, 345,000 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) | 97,900 |
| Hydrocracking — distillate | 60,600 |
| Delayed coking | 73,300 |
Upgrading
| Catalytic reforming — low pressure | 77,800 |
| Vacuum distillation | 206,500 sd |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — diesel | 63,070 sd |
| Hydrotreating — kerosene & jet | 53,250 sd |
| Hydrotreating — gasoline | 52,260 sd |
| Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed | 89,370 sd |
| Hydrotreating — residual | 11,000 sd |
Production capacity
Crude slate
Blended Canadian heavy (Keystone, Express-Platte), Permian and Bakken barrels (via Capwood/Patoka), per trade press.
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude in | pipeline | Keystone Pipeline Directly confirmed: Keystone Pipeline Phase 1 (completed June 2010) delivers Canadian crude from Hardisty, Alberta, via Steele City, NE, terminating at delivery facilities at Wood River Refinery in Roxana, IL and the Patoka, IL terminal hub. This is a strong, well-documented inbound route. |
Hardisty, Alberta, Canada (Phase 1) | crude | source |
| crude in | pipeline | Express-Platte Pipeline (Enbridge) Trade press confirms Wood River is 'partially supplied by Enbridge's Express-Platte system,' which is set to expand by 30 Mb/d in 2026. |
Western Canada / Rockies | crude | source |
| crude in | pipeline | Capwood Pipeline (Plains) The Plains-operated Capwood pipeline delivers roughly 85,000 bpd from Patoka, IL, diversifying Wood River's crude slate. |
Patoka, IL | crude | source |
| products out | pipeline | Ozark Pipeline Current sourcing states Enbridge's ~215,000-bpd Ozark Pipeline 'runs from Phillips 66's Wood River refinery in Roxana to a storage terminal in Cushing, Okla.' -- i.e., the pipeline's current direction is OUT of Wood River toward Cushing (used for repositioning surplus/blended crude), not into the refinery. Historically (pre-2011) Ozark ran the opposite direction, Cushing-to-Wood River. |
Cushing, OK | crude reexport | source |
Pipeline reach
| Pipeline | Injects at | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) |
Wood River, IL same city
Wood River, IL (Madison County) same city
Wood River (Madison County), IL same city
|
13 | 13 | 102.39 | 138.96 |
| Explorer Pipeline |
Wood River (Madison County) same city
Wood River (Madison County, IL) same city
|
8 | 10 | 117.70 | 153.90 |
| Buckeye Pipeline |
Wood River / East St. Louis / Argo / Peotone (Wood River PL) same city
Wood River same city
|
2 | 0 | 24.90 | 28.04 |
Substitutes
Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.
Buckeye Pipeline
- Phillips 66 Company · Linden, NJ 275,000 bpd
- Monroe Energy LLC · Trainer, PA 190,000 bpd
- Lima Refining Company · Lima, OH 183,000 bpd
- Bp-Husky Refining LLC · Toledo, OH 172,800 bpd
- Paulsboro Refining CO LLC · Paulsboro, NJ 160,000 bpd
- Toledo Refining CO LLC · Toledo, OH 150,800 bpd
- Marathon Petroleum CO LP · Detroit, MI 146,000 bpd
Explorer Pipeline
- Motiva Enterprises LLC · Port Arthur, TX 656,400 bpd
- Marathon Petroleum CO LP · Galveston Bay, TX 631,000 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Beaumont, TX 612,000 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Baytown, TX 564,500 bpd
- Citgo Petroleum Corp · Lake Charles, LA 471,200 bpd
- Premcor Refining Group INC · Port Arthur, TX 385,000 bpd
- Totalenergies Petrochem & Refg USA · Port Arthur, TX 238,000 bpd
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Texas City, TX 225,000 bpd
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Houston, TX 205,000 bpd
- Houston Refining LP · Houston, TX 196,500 bpd closed
- Pasadena Refining Systems INC · Pasadena, TX 118,750 bpd
- Petromax Refining CO LLC · Houston, TX 25,000 bpd
Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX)
- Marathon Petroleum CO LP · Garyville, LA 617,000 bpd
- Marathon Petroleum CO LP · Robinson, IL 253,000 bpd
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Texas City, TX 225,000 bpd
- Lima Refining Company · Lima, OH 183,000 bpd
- Pasadena Refining Systems INC · Pasadena, TX 118,750 bpd
- Marathon Petroleum CO LP · Canton, OH 100,000 bpd
Events
-
2025-09-09
sale
Phillips 66 progressing/finalizing the agreement to purchase the remaining interest in WRB Refining LP, moving toward full (100%) ownership of Wood River. source
-
2025-03
sale
Cenovus Energy agreed to sell its 50% interest in WRB Refining LP (Wood River and Borger refineries) to Phillips 66 for $1.4 billion. 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.