Facilities and producers
Western Canada recovered sulfur producers, formers, and export logistics, plus US Gulf / Florida reference nodes. Sourced from public disclosures. Vancouver berth board.
Western Canada
| Name | Role | Sulfur note |
|---|---|---|
| Suncor Energy Inc. | oil sands producer marketer | >0.8 Mt/a marketable |
| Canadian Natural Resources Limited | oil sands producer | not disclosed Mt/a |
| Syncrude Canada Ltd. | oil sands upgrader jv | area ~1.8 (Suncor + Syncrude Fort McMurray) Mt/a |
| Imperial Oil Limited | oil sands mining | not disclosed Mt/a |
| Shell Canada (Scotford Complex) | upgrader operator | ~0.5–0.6 (Scotford upgrader, industry estimate) Mt/a |
| Keyera Corp. | midstream sulfur services | not disclosed (fee-based throughput) Mt/a |
| Heartland Sulphur LP | forming remelt logistics | capacity-based; production owned by customers t/d forming 4500; remelt 700 current |
| Sultran Ltd. | logistics terminal operator | throughput logistics only; not producer inventory Mt handled |
US Gulf and Florida
USGS and open-news geography. Company Mt/a sulfur lines are rarely disclosed; pages state when figures are regional shares rather than plant capacity.
| Node | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast recovery cluster | recovered sulfur supply region | LA+TX ~half of US elemental (USGS) share of US output |
| US Gulf dry bulk solid export nodes | forming export logistics | not disclosed (site-dependent) Mt/a |
| Tampa / Central Florida phosphate demand hub | molten demand hub | demand hub (contract reference) USD/LT DEL |
| Canada to US molten rail corridor | cross border molten logistics | dominant share of US elemental imports (USGS) import share |
| LyondellBasell Houston refinery (sulfur context) | refinery recovery example | ~0.37 (Argus citing EIA, 2023 context) Mt/a class |
| Mosaic Florida phosphate (sulfur demand context) | phosphate sulfur consumer | not disclosed (consumer) Mt/a |
| CF Industries Florida phosphate (sulfur demand context) | phosphate sulfur consumer | not disclosed (consumer) Mt/a |
| Motiva Port Arthur refining complex (geography context) | refinery recovery geography | not disclosed (plant) Mt/a |
| Tampa hub primer | price hub | USD/LT delivered molten path |
| US Gulf hub primer | price hub | USD/MT dry bulk FOB context |
| Tampa (glossary) | unit trap | LT delivered vs MT FOB solid |