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was undergoing a major expansion and renovation at the time, which resulted in much higher numbers of personnel on site at the time. All of the injured were employed by contractors. The explosion was found to be caused by a failure of corroded pipes. Consumers Co-operative
Refinery Limited pleaded guilty to one of 5 Occupational Health and Safety charges and on May 12, 2015 was fined $ 280,000 for failing to ensure that work was "sufficiently and competently supervised". Fifty-two people had been injured the day of the explosion including 3 seriously.
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The project was completed on
October 17, 2012. The project allows the refinery to process 30 per cent more crude oil per day in the immediate term, with plans for continued capital investments that will see capacity increase by 45 per cent. The expansion also created roughly 100 new full-time jobs at
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The energy crisis of the 1970s demonstrated the vulnerability of Canada to imported oil, as the price of crude oil escalated and domestic supplies of light sweet crude dwindled. Saskatchewan and Canada were determined to secure the nation's energy future by developing the vast reserves of heavy oil.
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Saskatchewan Co-operative Wholesale Society had been close from the beginning, with the wholesale purchasing fuel from the Refinery for resale to retail co-operatives across the province. The relationship became formal in 1944 when delegates for both organizations voted
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Canadian government established a tariff of 3.7 cents a gallon on gasoline imported from the United States, effectively cutting the co-ops off from this source of supply. The co-ops turned to small, independent refiners at Coutts in Alberta and Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan. However, as the
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Midnight on Tuesday March 1, 2016 a rail car containing asphalt rolled, uncontrolled, several kilometers into the city of Regina after it left CCRL property in a runaway condition. Neither the City of Regina or Regina Fire and Protective Services were notified by CCRL and were unaware of the
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After intensive studies, it was agreed that an upgrader would be integrated with CRC's existing refining units. Integrating the upgrader with the Co-op
Refinery reduced the cost of the Upgrader Project to about $ 700 million—or about half of what would have cost to build a stand-alone upgrader. CRC
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October 6, 2011, an explosion occurred in the diesel processing area. This caused the site to be evacuated and sent seven people to hospital. The fire was expected to reduce the facility's diesel production by about 25 per cent, but did not affect its gasoline-processing operation. The refinery
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Refinery's first President was Ernest Frisk of Kronau, long-time Secretary of Riceton Co-op. Original Board Member, Sid Gough of Lewvan, distinguished himself by pledging the title to his own farm as security for the line of credit with the railroad. His faith allowed the refinery to continue
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As petroleum use increased, farmers looked for the ways to reduce the cost of this important crop input. Many farmers had experience in the benefits of co-operation through joint purchases of inputs such as fence posts, binder twine and coal. These efforts often resulted in the formation of local
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The three-year construction phase was completed on time and on budget, and the Co-op
Refinery/Upgrader Complex went on stream in November 1988. The facility was the first upgrader built in Saskatchewan. On November 1, 2007, CCRL bought out the 50% interest held by the Crown for $ 383.1 million.
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Saskatchewan Federated Co-operatives Limited. Since then, CRC has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Central Wholesale, which grew into Federated Co-operatives Limited, providing goods and services to retail co-operatives across Western Canada.
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In 1939, CRC signed a contract to build a cracking plant at a cost of approximately $ 250,000. The cracking plant was essential to increase the yield of gasoline. It also expanded production to 1,500 barrels of crude oil a day. Harry Fowler called it "our off the farm power
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The fundraising drive raised a total of $ 32,000 from eight farmers. As this wasn't enough to build the cracking plant that was desired, the Board of Directors pressed ahead with a less-expensive "skimming plant" model capable of producing 500 barrels per day.
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continued to own its refining units and also became a partner with the Saskatchewan government in the ownership of the NewGrade Energy Incorporated Heavy Oil Upgrader. The Canadian federal government supported the project through loan guarantees.
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On December 24, 2013 the fourth major incident in two years occurred. A fire and explosion, the cause of which is still undetermined, could be felt throughout the entire city. No injuries were reported and all refinery staff were accounted for.
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Construction officially began in October 1985. The mega project required hundreds of thousands of hours of engineering and approximately 6,000 tradespeople worked on the site for an estimated 4,500 person years of employment in construction.
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In 2008, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) announced a major expansion to the Refinery. The Section V expansion and associated revamps led to over $ 2.7 billion in new investment into the refinery's infrastructure.
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In the 1930s, horses were giving way to petroleum-fuelled tractors. This was especially true in the area around Regina, where the broad level prairie was well suited to the first tractors and combine harvesters.
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The Section V expansion involved building five new processing units, 14 additional storage tanks, a new cooling tower and electrical substation as well as new firewater, flare, plant and instrument systems.
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There were two large-scale accidents reported in 2012, the first being an explosion on October 6, with an ensuing fire that hospitalized seven persons; the site was again in flames in the middle of May.
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In 1954, A $ 1.7 million expansion doubled production to 12,000 barrels a day. As well, it made the Refinery added a then-state-of-the-art Cat Cracker and several other processing units.
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of Federated Co-operatives Limited as well as most other petroleum retailers in the region including major national and regional brands. The complex completed a
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year progressed, these independent refiners were bought up by the major oil companies and the wholesale price of gasoline was raised two cents a gallon.
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To do so, the country needed a heavy oil upgrader to change heavy crude into a product suitable for further processing by conventional refineries.
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In its first year of operation, the plant had sales of $ 253,000 and achieved savings of $ 30,000—almost equal to the initial investment.
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of the heavy oil upgrader section of the plant, shortly after midnight, resulted in no injuries.
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156:(CRC), formerly known as Consumers’ Co-operative Refineries Limited (CCRL), is an
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688:"Runaway rail car full of asphalt rolled through part of Regina"
362:"Massive $ 2.66B expansion project complete at Regina refinery"
634:"Federated Co-op refinery explosion marks 4th fire in 2 years"
606:"Consumers Co-op Shuts Coker at Saskatchewan Plant After Fire"
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171:(FCL). The refinery provides oil products to the member
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Welsch, Edward; Harvey, Christine (11 February 2013).
565:"$ 280,000 fine for Co-op refinery for 2011 explosion"
674:"City of Regina wasn't notified of runaway rail car"
541:. Newstalk 980 CJME. 22 January 2015. Archived from
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567:. Newstalk 980 CJME. 12 May 2015. Archived from
499:"Regina refinery explosion sends 7 to hospital"
591:"Fire breaks out at Co-op refinery in Regina"
435:. Consumers' Co-operative Refineries Limited.
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396:. Consumers Co-operative Refinery Limited.
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468:"The Story of the Co-Op Refinery Complex"
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690:. www.mysask.com. 4 March 2016.
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