Refinery Row is the unofficial name given to the concentration of

oil refineries An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, li ...

in west

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, just east of the city of

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. The area is roughly bounded on the south by the Sherwood Park Freeway (Highway 100), on the north by the

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and Yellowhead Trail (Highway 16), on the east by Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216), and on the west by 50 Street. Other major roads that run through the area include: 34 Street, 17 Street NW, and 101 Avenue/Baseline Road. The district is dominated by two refineries: *the

Strathcona Refinery The Strathcona Refinery is an oil refinery located in Strathcona County adjacent to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, owned by Imperial Oil. The refinery provides oil products, primarily gasoline, aviation fuel, diesel, lubricating oils, petroleum wax ...

(

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), can process of crude oil per day; and *the

Suncor Edmonton Refinery Suncor Energy (french: Suncor Énergie) is a Canadian integrated energy company based in Calgary, Alberta. It specializes in production of synthetic crude from oil sands. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Suncor Energy was ranked as the 48th-larg ...

(

Suncor Energy Suncor Energy (french: Suncor Énergie) is a Canadian integrated energy company based in Calgary, Alberta. It specializes in production of synthetic crude from oil sands. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Suncor Energy was ranked as the 48th-lar ...

), which can process Suncor - Refining and Marketing
/ref> The other main refineries in the Edmonton area are also located in Strathcona County, in a separate concentration around

Scotford, Alberta Strathcona County is a specialized municipality in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region within Alberta, Canada between Edmonton and Elk Island National Park. It forms part of Census Division No. 11. Strathcona County is both urban and rural in na ...

. Refinery Row suffered F4 damage from the Edmonton Tornado on July 31, 1987.

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