Citgo Corpus Christi Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Citgo
- Website: http://www.citgo.com/
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- Location: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
- Capacity: 8.25 million tons/annum & 165,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- the CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery is one of the most sophisticated and efficient fuel and petrochemical refineries in the nation.
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation - 84,000
- Delayed Coker - 45,000
- Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 82,800
- Catalytic Reformer - 51,500
- Alkylation unit
- Hydrotreatment
- Naphtha - 52,700
- Gasoline - 34,000
- Diesel - 42,500
- Heavy Gas Oil - 70,000
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Most of the crude is Venezuelan heavy crude
Products Produced
- Liquid Petroleum Gas, Gasoline, Cumene, Cyclohexane, Diesel, Alkylate, Slurry Oil, Xylenes, Toluene, Sulfur, Petroleum Coke
Ongoing Projects
- The refinery is currently expanding its ULSD production capacity
Other Information
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History
- 2010 - CITGO Completes commissioning of ULSD Unit
- 2012 - An accident led to release of hydrofluoric acid (HF) at the CITGO Corpus Christi, Texas alkylation unit
Relevant Links
- Vepica Refinery Project References
- Refinery Webpage
- CITGO Completes Corporate-Wide Distillate Upgrade with ULSD Unit at Corpus Christi Facility
- CSB Deploys to Investigate Release of Hydrofluoric Acid at CITGO Refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas
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