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Location DB > Canada > Quebec > Montreal > Coastal Oil Refinery  Name Coastal Oil Refinery  Viewing Options Log in to activate viewing options  Database Info created by cjb on 2/25/2006 1:32 AM last modified by Emperor Wang on 8/3/2014 8:06 PM  Viewability Publically Viewable This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.  Overview  Description A full size abandoned refinery  Basic Information Type: Oil refinery Status: Demolished Accessibility: Moderate Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby  Physical Information Address corner Durocher/ Sherbrooke Montreal, Quebec Canada Owner: Coastal Canada See a map of this location  Hazards rust Contamination  Interesting Features Old cooling towers, refinery infrastructure  Security Measures fences barbed wire part-time guard wooden boarding  Historical Dates Built: 1950 Closed: 1998  Required Equipment  Recommended Equipment  History Built somewhere in the 1950s. With the over capicity of oil refining in the Montreal Petrochemical complex, It was amongst the several refineries closing in Montreal during the 80s and 90s. This refinery originally shut down in 1985 with the petro-canad/ultramar buyout of gulf canadas refining and downstream assets. Petro-Can bought all of Gulfs assets in ontario and the maritimes but not quebec, later the gulf refinery was partially demolished by ultramar, the tank farm was used by ultramar until thier takeover of Spur oil, whos tank farm had a larger capacity. in the early 90s coastal bought the facility to operate as a petrochemical plant, it made the news as new investment was rare in the area. the project didnt last. the area became quite depressed with the closing of the refineries. the first to disapear was texaco, they closed in 1983-84 when texaco signed supply agreement with Shell, the agreement terminated when esso bought the downstream assets of texaco in 1989. the BP refinery has only its tank farm still standing, the esso refinery is also long gone. as of now the only operating refineries in montreal are Petro-Canada (the old Fina refinery) and Shell. gone: esso texaco BP Gulf  Media Coverage  Future Plans Will probably be demolished and become another wasteland.  Stories Add your own story  Photo Galleries June 2005 Sat, Feb 25th, 2006 posted by cjb 6 pictures   Add your own photos Mark all galleries as Seen  Web Links  Contribute Edit this Location  Moderator Rating The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location. This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.  Validation This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Emperor Wang on 8/3/2014 8:06 PM.  Latest Changes on Aug 3 14 at 20:06, Emperor Wang validated this location on Aug 3 14 at 20:06, Emperor Wang changed the following: Display Name on Jul 25 08 at 3:29, Steed validated this location on Nov 16 07 at 20:31, sebastian changed the following: Status on Feb 25 06 at 2:01, nostra-YOUPPI! changed the following: History on Feb 25 06 at 1:41, cjb made this location available on Feb 25 06 at 1:39, cjb created a new gallery on Feb 25 06 at 1:38, cjb changed the following: Notes for Mods, Owner, Type, Street Address, City, Province / State (please use full name), Country, Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy, Prefer Satellite, History, Year Built, Year Closed, Status, Accessibility, Hazards, Inte  Forum Threads about this Location  Who's been looking? Click here to see who'se been looking.  Report Problems Is this location inappropriate / broken / missing key info? If it's something you can fix, please scroll up and click the EDIT button. If this location was only posted a few days ago, give the creator time to work on it. Please try sending a message directly to the creator of the location. You'll find that info at the top of this page. Otherwise, ONLY if you've already tried to contact the original creator,: Click here to notify an administrator. All content and images copyright © 2002-2023 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 62 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 714222447 pages have been generated.