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’ ve been with Phillips 66 for about 33 years ,” begins Carl Perkins , General Manager , Ferndale Refinery . “ I started my career in Oklahoma , and I ’ ve worked at many refineries across Texas , Louisiana , California , Montana and Washington . Ferndale produces approximately 105,000 barrels per day . It receives crude by pipeline out of Canada , by rail out of North and South Dakota , and then by ship from around the world .
“ Our traditional gasoline diesel products are sold to the local market . Our region encompasses Washington , Oregon , California and all the way down into Latin America as well . We have a wide assortment of different fuel types , and as you can imagine , what ’ s required for Canada is not the same as Latin America . We have about 285 employees at the site and approximately 200 contractors . There are five refineries in the Pacific Northwest , and Ferndale , while not the smallest , is on the smaller side of the five . That said , our operations are extremely efficient and we ’ re doing well ,” he elaborates .
The Ferndale Refinery is located on Puget Sound in Ferndale , Washington , approximately 20 miles south of the US-Canada border . Facilities include crude distillation , naphtha reforming , fluid catalytic cracking , alkylation and hydrodesulfurization units . The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels . Other products produced include residual fuel oil , which is supplied to the northwest marine bunker fuel market . Most of the refined petroleum products are distributed to customers in the northwest United States by pipeline and barge .
Phillips 66 is evaluating ways to increase lower-carbon hydrogen use in its operations . One example is a project to produce and supply green hydrogen to the Ferndale Refinery and reduce the carbon intensity of its fuels . Green hydrogen , a nearly GHG emission-free fuel , is created through electrolysis using wind or solar electricity and water .
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