Canadian Natural Resources operates the Horizon upgrader refinery, which is located in Alberta, Canada. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles more than 1,400 refineries worldwide, it is a non integrated upgrader owned by Canadian Natural Resources. The refinery started operations in 2009 and has a Nelson Complexity Index (NCI) of 12.1. Buy the profile here.
Key refinery processes
Crude Distillation Unit (mbd): 250
Coking (mbd): 89
The capacity of the Horizon refinery is expected to remain the same as 250mbd by 2030.
Maintenance activities at Horizon upgrader refinery
The Horizon refinery upgrader witnessed eight incidents during the period 2017-2022.
About Canadian Natural Resources
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (Canadian Natural) is an independent upstream oil and gas company. It carries out acquisition, exploration, development, production, marketing and sale of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company’s product offering includes light and medium crude oil and NGLs, primary heavy crude oil, Pelican Lake heavy crude oil, bitumen (thermal oil), synthetic crude oil (SCO) and natural gas. Canadian Natural's operations are focused in North America, mostly in Western Canada; the UK portion of the North Sea; and offshore Africa. The company maintains certain midstream activities within Western Canada that includes an electricity co-generation system, pipeline operations and an equity interest in the North West Redwater Partnership. Canadian Natural is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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