Benicia Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Valero
• Website: http://www.valero.com/
  • List of Valero Refineries
• Location: California
• Capacity: 8.5 million tons/annum & 170,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

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Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation - 81,300
• Fluid Coker - 29,500
• FCC - 75,300
• Hydrocracker - 34,000
• Catalytic Reformer - 37,200
• Desulphurisation
  • Naphtha - 30,000
  • Gasoline - 43,200
  • Jet Fuel - 15,400
  • Diesel - 15,000
  • Other Distillate - 5,000
  • Heavy Gas Oil - 39,000
  • Other - 21,700

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes domestic crude from the San Joaquin Valley in California and the Alaska North Slope, along with foreign sour crudes

Products Produced

• Propane, butane, CARB gasoline, ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD), jet fuel, fuel oil, residual oil and asphalt

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1968 - Refinery commissioned
• 2000 - Valero acquired the Benicia Refinery from ExxonMobil

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage

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