The Pine Bend Refinery in Rosemount, Minnesota, is a heavy sour crude refinery operated by Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, LLC, a Koch Industries subsidiary. Local coverage describes it as a 130 megawatt load, and onsite combined heat and power and a 45-megawatt solar installation supply part of its electricity.

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Overview

Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, LLC owns and operates the Pine Bend Refinery in the city of Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota. The refinery primarily processes heavy, sour crude oil from Western Canada, and its products include gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, jet fuel, petroleum coke, asphalt and elemental sulfur. The refinery is operational 24/7, 365 days a year.

Profile

Electricity and grid: A local news report describes the Pine Bend Refinery, which refines 375,000 barrels per day, as a 130 megawatt load. Canary Media reports that the refinery requires roughly 120 MW of power, 24 hours a day to operate. A combined heat and power unit completed in 2019 supplies about 50 MW of electricity, or roughly 40% of what is required to power the refinery's daily operations, according to a May 2022 company fact sheet. Flint Hills Resources commissioned a new 45-megawatt solar installation that provides power to the Pine Bend refinery. The refinery is a customer of Xcel Energy, appearing among the Xcel Large Industrials consortium in a Minnesota electric rate proceeding.

Ownership and permits: EPA's greenhouse gas program lists Koch Industries Inc as the parent company with a 100 percent ownership interest. The Minnesota air operating permit was issued October 13, 2025 and expires October 13, 2030.

Facility

Activity: Petroleum refining: gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, jet fuel, petroleum coke, asphalt and elemental sulfur
Industry: Industrial
Site type: Facility
Operating status: Operating