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. The company operates seven complex

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with a total crude oil processing capacity of 678,000 barrels per stream day. It has facilities in

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(52,000 barrels per day), El Dorado, Kansas (coking refinery - 135,000 bbl/d), Artesia, New Mexico (100,000 bbl/d),

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(125,000 bbl/d),

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(45,000 bbl/d), Sinclair, WY and Casper, WY. It operates three lubricants and specialties facilities in Mississauga (15,600 bbl/d), Petrolia, PA and in the Netherlands. The company also operates asphalt terminals in

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, and Oklahoma. The company ranked 279th in the 2021 Fortune 500, based on its 2020 revenue.

History

The company was incorporated under the name General Appliance Corporation in 1947 and changed its name to Holly Corporation in 1952. In 2003, Frontier Oil agreed to acquire Holly but Holly later cancelled the merger, leading to litigation. In 2009, Holly Corporation acquired 2 refineries in

: one from Sinclair Oil Corporation for $128 million and one from Sunoco. In July 2011, Holly Corporation and Frontier Oil merged forming HollyFrontier Corporation. In February 2017, the company acquired

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's Petro-Canada Lubricants unit in Mississauga,

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for C$1.125 billion. In early 2019, HollyFrontier acquired Sonneborn, a manufacturer of food grade white mineral oils and waxes in Petrolia, Pennsylvania, for $655 million. In June 2020, HollyFrontier announced its Cheyenne refinery will cease processing petroleum, instead shifting production solely to

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, with the loss of approximately 200 workers. In May 2021, HollyFrontier agreed to purchase the Shell Anacortes Refinery near Anacortes,

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, with capacity of 149,000 bbl/d, for $350 million. In August 2021, HollyFrontier agreed to purchase the assets of Sinclair Oil Corporation, including its two refineries near Casper, Wyoming, and

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, for $2.6 billion. The succeeding company, HF Sinclair Corporation, is expected to finalize the merger mid-2022. In March 14, 2022, HollyFrontier and Holly Energy Partners announced the completion of transactions with The Sinclair Companies and the establishment of the new parent company, HF Sinclair Corporation (NYSE:DINO). In July 2022 HF Sinclair laid off approximately 97 people in the Sinclair, Wyoming refinery.

Carbon footprint

HollyFrontier reported Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) for the twelve months ending 31 December 2020 at 6,167 Kt (-122 /-1.9% y-o-y).Alt URL
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