Tesoro Refineries
Kenai Refinery / Tesoro Alaska

Producing Fuels that Alaskans Demand

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Tesoro Alaska’s Kenai refinery is located on the Cook Inlet 70 miles southwest of Anchorage. Opened in 1969, the Kenai refinery has been under Tesoro’s operations longer than any of the other refineries. With the capacity to process up to 72,000 barrels of crude oil per day, the Kenai refinery produces ultra low sulfur gasoline, jet fuel, ultra low sulfur diesel (USLD), heating oil, heavy fuel oils, propane and asphalt. Crude oil is delivered by doublehulled tankers and through eastern Cook Inlet and Kenai Peninsula pipelines. Distribution. A 71-mile common-carrier products pipeline with a capacity of 40,000 barrels per day delivers jet fuel, gasoline and diesel from the refinery to the Port of Anchorage and the Anchorage International Airport. Wholesale delivery of refined products occurs at proprietary terminals at Kenai and Anchorage, a third-party terminal in Fairbanks and Tesoro’s Nikiski dock next to the refinery. 

Tesoro operates 31 company-owned 2Go Tesoro retail stores throughout Alaska and has branding agreements with 54 independently owned Tesoro Alaska stations.