Coffeyville Resources is owned by CVR Energy Inc (NYSE: CVI), of Sugar Land, Texas.
In 2000, Coffeyville Resources purchased the refinery and was led by former TOSCO senior executive Phil L. Rinaldi.
It operates using a petroleum coke gasification technology, formerly licensed by Texaco, as well as other technology, to produce approximately 369,300 short tons (335,000 t) of ammonia and 633,100 short tons (574,300 t) of Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solution (UAN) per year, and is among the lowest cost producers and marketers of upgraded nitrogen fertilizer products in North America.
The gasifier converts low priced petroleum coke into a hydrogen rich synthesis gas.
The majority of the petroleum coke used in the state-of-the-art gasification process is supplied by the Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, refinery located adjacent to the fertilizer operations which is owned by its parent company CVR Energy.
By using petroleum coke as the primary raw material feedstock instead of natural gas, CVR Partners’ nitrogen fertilizer business has historically been the lowest cost producer and marketer of ammonia and UAN fertilizers in North America.