HF Sinclair Corporation (HF Sinclair) is an energy company that manufactures and sells products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel, specialty lubricant products, specialty chemicals, and specialty and modified asphalt, among others. It is based in

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, United States. 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),

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(coking refinery - 135,000 bbl/d),

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(100,000 bbl/d),

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(125,000 bbl/d),

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(45,000 bbl/d), Sinclair, Wyoming and

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. It operates three lubricants and specialties facilities in

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(15,600 bbl/d),

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and in the Netherlands. The company also operates asphalt terminals in

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, and

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. The company ranked 279th in the 2021

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, based on its 2020 revenue.

History

General Appliance Corporation incorporated 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 Sinclair Oil Corporation was an American petroleum corporation founded by Harry F. Sinclair on May 1, 1916. The Sinclair Oil and Refining Corporation amalgamated the assets of 11 small petroleum companies. Originally a New York corporation, Si ...

for $128 million and one from

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. 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

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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

, 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 Anacortes ( ) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman.Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...

, with capacity of 149,000 bbl/d, for $350 million. In August 2021, HollyFrontier agreed to purchase the assets of

, including its two refineries near

, and Sinclair, Wyoming, for $2.6 billion. The succeeding company, HF Sinclair Corporation, finalized the merger in December 2023. 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 announced the layoff of approximately 87 people in the Sinclair, Wyoming refinery.

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