2007 Annual Health, Environment & Safety Report
Company Profile Highlights Financial Highlights Scope of Report Focus on the Future How to Use This Report Letter from the CEO VP HES Letter
Sunoco takes seriously its corporate responsibility in matters concerning the health and safety of its employees, contractors and neighbors, and the environmental impacts of its operations. Maintaining safe, reliable and environmentally sound operations is key to achieving Sunoco’s goals.
About the Business

Articles explaining various nuances of the petroleum refining, marketing, and petrochemicals business.

Crude Oil
Crude Oil - What is Crack SpreadCrude Oil - What is "Crack Spread" When reading about the petroleum refining business often the t...
Managing Crude Oil QualitySunoco’s Raw Materials/Crude Supply group utilizes a crude oil quality assurance program to accomplish two tasks
Marine Transportation Selection & VettingOperating our facilities in a safe, reliable, and environmentally sound manner includes obtaining raw materials and delivering our products
Sunoco’s Major Raw Material – Crude Oil Crude Oil, also known as petroleum and referred to as crude, is the “unprocessed” oil that comes out of the ground

About Refining
How a Refinery Turns Crude Oil into Essential Products When many people think about crude oil, they conjure up images of thick, black crude oil spewing from the ground. But then when you pump gasoline into your car
How is Gasoline Made Gasoline is a flammable liquid mixture made from petroleum and used especially as a motor fuel
Naphtha to Gasoline Naphtha is an intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier kerosene that occurs naturally in crude
Why Refineries Have FlaresFlare stacks may rise more than 200 feet above a refinery and are among its most visible aspects.


About Marketing
Converting Acquired Stations to the Sunoco LookOne way in which Sunoco is able to continue expanding the brand is through the acquisition of existing service stations
Fuel DistributionSunoco makes gasoline at its refineries and sells it at Sunoco stations. But how exactly does the gasoline find its way from the refineries to the stations?

About Cokemaking
How Coke is Made SunCoke Energy furnishes metallurgical coke to integrated steelmakers that utilize blast furnace technology.

  Resources:

HES Glossary
HES Principles
About the Business
Conversion Table
Summary Report PDF

Map of SunocoView refinery, chemical, and cokemaking plants plus states in which we market
Oil Flow DiagramView the oil flow diagram

© 2012 Sunoco Inc.
Home Contact Information Privacy Notice Conditions of Use and Legal Notices HES Annual Report Archive