Refinery

North Pole Refinery

Petro Star ·Alaska, US ·v1.1

A 21,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Alaska, US, operated by Petro Star.

Record

Rated capacity
21,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Status
Operating
Operator
Petro Star
Parent
Petro Star Inc.
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/petro-star
Coordinates
38.5682, -94.9265

Notes

News headline indicates North Pole Refinery is threatening shutdown, suggesting it is currently operational but facing potential operational challenges or labor/economic pressures that could lead to closure. The threat of shutdown implies the facility is not yet closed.

What coverage reports

121 days since one was reported

North Pole refinery to close crude unit
2026-04-22 · 1 publisher filed it

2 reported in 12 months

operations 2

2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption

These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.

Wire

19 records23 Apr 2013 to 22 Apr 2026General 9 · Operations 6 · Policy 3 · Incident 1
  1. General Low
    Flint weighs options for North Pole refinery
    Petroleum News · matched pole
  2. Operations Low
    North Pole refinery to close crude unit
    Petroleum News · matched pole
  3. Operations Critical
    North Pole refinery threatens shutdown
    Petroleum News · matched pole
  4. Policy Low
    Alaska Supreme Court finds former North Pole refinery owner liable for pollution
    Alaska Beacon · matched pole
  5. Policy Low
    Judge finds former North Pole refinery owner liable for sulfolane contamination
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner · matched pole
  6. General Low
    Former owner of North Pole refinery ordered to pay over $29 million in water pollution case
    adn.com · matched pole
  7. Operations Low
    Closing arguments made in North Pole refinery pollution case
    Alaska's News Source + 1 other outlet · matched pole
  8. General Low
    Demolition Begins on Shuttered North Pole Refinery
    Manufacturing.net · matched pole
  9. Incident High
    North Pole Refinery 'belugas' drew fire during high-powered target practice
    Reporting From Alaska · matched pole
  10. General Low
    Company acquires North Pole oil refinery
    BIC Magazine · matched pole
  11. General Low
    Flint Hills demolishing North Pole refinery
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner · matched pole
  12. General Low
    Flint Hills refinery asks for looser cleanup standards in North Pole
    KTOO · matched pole
  13. General Low
    State OKs Flint Hills’ plan to clean up North Pole refinery on-site contaminants
    KUAC · matched pole
  14. Operations Low
    North Pole refinery winds down operations ahead of closure
    adn.com · matched pole
  15. General Critical
    Flint Hills Begins Shutting Down Its North Pole Refinery, Seeks Buyer
    KUAC · matched pole
  16. General Low
    Alaska Sues Over North Pole Refinery Contamination
    Insurance Journal · matched pole
  17. Operations Low
    North Pole refinery to cease processing crude oil; all but 35 to be laid off
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner · matched pole
  18. Operations Low
    ‘It Was a Shock’: North Pole Refinery Closure to Inflict Job Losses, Economic Damage
    KUAC · matched pole
  19. Policy Low
    Past, Present Owners of North Pole Refinery Clash Again in Court Over Groundwater Contamination
    KUAC · matched pole

Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.