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The Montreal East Refinery (Gulf Canada) is a small petrochemical refinery located inside the city of Montréal-Est and inside the Coastal Petrochemical fields. The operator of the refining unit is Coastal Petrochemical (Petrochimie Coastal du Canada). The refinery was constructed by British-American Oil Company in the 1930s to process crude oil imported from Texas.〔(History of the British-American Oil Company, page 4 ). Retrieved 2015-04-08〕 It was shut down by B/A’s successor company, Gulf Canada, in 1983. Ultramar Canada purchased the 74,000 b/d capacity facility.〔(Untramar seeks Gulf's assets, The Montreal Gazette, August 14, 1985 ). Retrieved 2015-04-08〕 refinery from Gulf Canada in 1986 and closed it soon after with the loss of 450 jobs. 〔(Montreal refinery closure approved, The Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 2005 ). Retrieved 2015-04-08〕 In June 1986 Montreal-based engineering firm Lavalin Inc. announced it was purchasing the refinery and would re-open it.〔(The Montreal Gazette, June 27, 1986 ). Retrieved 2015-04-08〕 In 1986 the refinery and its 210 000 m2 site was sold to Kemtec Petrochemicals which converted the plant to produce paraxylene. The plant came on line in 1989 and operated until 1991. That year Kemtec filed for bankruptcy. The site was determined to be heavily contaminated and, facing potentially large clean-up costs, all creditors of the company except the Government of Quebec declined to take over the property. In 1994 the refinery was purchased by Coastal Canada Petroleum, Inc., (CCP) a subsidiary of Houston-based Coastal Corporation, for USD $1.2 million.〔(Coastal Subsidiary Acquires Kemtec Petrochemical Plant, PRNewsire, August 4, 1994 ). Retrieved 2015-04-08〕 CCP acquired the processing equipment, entered into a long-term lease for the site, and agreed to make payments to an environmental trust fund for remediation of the contaminated site. ==See also== *Montreal Oil Refining Center *Montreal East Refinery (Shell Canada) *Montreal Refinery 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Montreal East Refinery (Gulf Oil Canada)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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