Port Reading Refinery, also known as Hess Refinery''
(photo) was an
oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial processes, industrial process Factory, plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refining, refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt, asphalt ...
located in
Perth Amboy and
Port Reading
Port Reading is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey.[New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...]
. It was constructed by
Hess Oil under
Leon Hess
Leon Hess (March 14, 1914 – May 7, 1999) was an American businessman, the founder of the Hess Corporation and the owner of the New York Jets. Hess built an oil terminal in New Jersey after the Great Depression, building his first refinery i ...
in 1958. It is a simple refinery which further processes other refinery's product which begins with heavy sour crude. It is owned by the
Hess Corporation
Hess Corporation (formerly Amerada Hess Corporation) is an American global independent energy company involved in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. It was formed by the merger of Hess Oil and Chemical and Amerada Pet ...
, refiners of Hess brand gasoline. The refinery itself has outlets that connect with
Arthur Kill
The Arthur Kill (sometimes referred to as the Staten Island Sound) is a tidal strait between Staten Island (also known as Richmond County), New York and Union and Middlesex counties, New Jersey. It is a major navigational channel of the Port of ...
, enabling oil
barge
Barge nowadays generally refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. The first modern barges were pulled by tugs, but nowadays most are pushed by pusher boats, or other vessels. ...
s to make passage into the refinery's commons. The refinery had a neon red "HESS" sign on its
cracking unit which was removed in December, 2013 after the property was sold. The refinery was closed in 2013.
See also
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Bayway Refinery
Bayway Refinery is a refining facility in the Port of New York and New Jersey, owned by Phillips 66. Located in Linden and Elizabeth, New Jersey, and bisected by Morses Creek, it is the northernmost refinery on the East Coast of the United States ...
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Perth Amboy Refinery
The Perth Amboy Refinery is a refinery built in 1920. It is between Convery Boulevard and State Street in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, adjacent to the Outerbridge Crossing. Via rail it is served by Conrail's Chemical Coast and the former Perth Amboy ...
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Chemical Coast
The Chemical Coast is a section of Union and Middlesex counties in New Jersey located along the shores of the Arthur Kill, across from Staten Island, New York. The name is taken from the Conrail Chemical Coast Line, an important component in th ...
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Port of Paulsboro
The Port of Paulsboro is located on the Delaware River and Mantua Creek in and around Paulsboro, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, approximately from the Atlantic Ocean. Traditionally one of the nation's busiest for marine transfer operations, ...
References
External links
Hess: Operations
Energy infrastructure completed in 1958
Oil refineries in the United States
Energy infrastructure in New Jersey
Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
1958 establishments in New Jersey
2013 disestablishments in New Jersey
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