Port Reading Refinery
Encyclopedia
Port Reading Refinery, also known as Hess Refinery, is an oil refinery
located in Perth Amboy
and Woodbridge, New Jersey
. It is owned by the Hess Corporation
, refiners of Hess brand gasoline. The refinery itself has outlets that connect with Arthur Kill
, enabling oil barge
s to make passage into the refinery's commons. The refinery has a neon red "HESS" sign on its cracking
unit.
Oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas...
located in Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The City of Perth Amboy is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 50,814. Perth Amboy is known as the "City by the Bay", referring to Raritan Bay.-Name:The Lenape...
and Woodbridge, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. It is owned by the Hess Corporation
Hess Corporation
The Hess Corporation is an integrated oil company based in New York City. The company explores, produces, transports, and refines crude oil and natural gas. Vertically completing the logistical chain, about 1,360 Hess branded filling stations market gasoline to consumers in 16 states along the...
, refiners of Hess brand gasoline. The refinery itself has outlets that connect with Arthur Kill
Arthur Kill
The Arthur Kill is a tidal strait separating Staten Island, New York from mainland New Jersey, USA, and a major navigational channel of the Port of New York and New Jersey. Kill is from the Middle Dutch word kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel"...
, enabling oil barge
Barge
A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...
s to make passage into the refinery's commons. The refinery has a neon red "HESS" sign on its cracking
Cracking
Cracking may refer to:* Cracking, the formation of a fracture or partial fracture in a solid material* Fluid catalytic cracking, a catalytic process widely used in oil refineries for cracking large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller molecules...
unit.
See also
- Bayway RefineryBayway RefineryBayway Refinery is a refining facility in the Port of New York and New Jersey, owned by ConocoPhillips. Located in Linden and Elizabeth, New Jersey, it is the northernmost refinery on the East Coast of the United States. The oil refinery converts crude oil into gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and...
- Perth Amboy RefineryPerth Amboy RefineryThe Perth Amboy Refinery is a Chevron Corporation refinery that is located between Convery Boulevard and State Street in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Via rail it is served by Conrail's Chemical Coast and the former Perth Amboy and Woodbridge lines...