Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN) announced today that it has completed the sale
of its 85,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Tulsa, Okla., to Holly
Corporation (NYSE:HOC) for $65 million.
Speaking on the transaction, Sunoco Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Lynn Elsenhans said: “We are grateful to the many talented and
hard-working employees who made the facility successful for so many
years. We wish them well as they join Holly. By completing this sale, we
are taking another step in our efforts to realign our portfolio of
assets and improve our competitiveness.”
The Tulsa refinery, which began production in 1913, had been a part of
Sunoco’s refining system since 1968.
Sunoco, Inc., headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a leading
manufacturer and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products. With
825,000 barrels per day of refining capacity, approximately 4,700 retail
sites selling gasoline and convenience items, approximately 6,000 miles
of crude oil and refined product owned and operated pipelines and 43
product terminals, Sunoco is one of the largest independent
refiner-marketers in the United States. Sunoco is a significant
manufacturer of petrochemicals with an annual production capacity of
approximately five billion pounds, largely chemical intermediates used
to make fibers, plastics, film and resins. Utilizing a unique, patented
technology, Sunoco's cokemaking facilities in the United States have the
capacity to manufacture approximately 3.0 million tons annually of
high-quality metallurgical-grade coke for use in the steel industry.
Sunoco also is the operator of, and has an equity interest in, a 1.7
million tons-per-year cokemaking facility in Vitória, Brazil.
Sunoco, Inc.
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