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Saint John, New Brunswick

Home of Canada's largest refinery. We arrange crude freight, product exports and inspection at Saint John and the Canaport terminal.

Large refinery on a rugged Atlantic coastline with an offshore mooring

Irving Oil's Saint John refinery, opened in 1960, is the largest in Canada with more than 320,000 barrels a day of capacity. More than half of its output goes to the US Northeast.

Crude arrives through Canaport, which in 1970 became the first deep-water crude terminal in the Western Hemisphere able to receive supertankers. We arrange crude freight, product exports and inspection.

320,000+ bpdIrving Saint John refinery capacity
6M+ bblCanaport onshore crude storage
1960Refinery opened
>50%Share of output exported to the US Northeast

Canaport and Saint John LNG

Canaport receives crude through an offshore single point mooring. Next door, Saint John LNG, owned by Repsol, has three storage tanks.

  • Crude freight to Canaport
  • Product exports to the US Northeast
  • Independent inspection at the mooring and loading berths
  • Tracking to New England and New York

Exporting to the US

Product exported to New England and New York generally competes against NY Harbor prices. Port Saint John is a Canada Port Authority.

Frequently asked questions

How is crude delivered to Saint John?

Mostly by ship, through the Canaport single point mooring.

Is there LNG at Saint John?

Yes. Saint John LNG, owned by Repsol.

Where does the refinery's output go?

More than half goes to the US Northeast.

Ship through Saint John

Send cargo, volume and timing. We will propose freight and inspection at Saint John.

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