Flint Hills Corpus Christi Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Flint Hills Resources
• Website: http://www.fhrinfo.com/
• Location: Corpus Christi, Texa, USA
• Capacity: 14.5 million tons/annum & 289,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A large complex refinery, with cracking and finishing units, comprising of three connected processing complexes. The refinery is capable of producing high specification products.

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation, 189,000
• Vacuum Distillation, 87,500
• Delayed Coker, 14,000
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracking, 106,700
• Hydrocracker, 13,000
• Catalytic Reformer, 49,500 + 18,000
• Desulphurisation
  • Naphtha , 82,600
  • Gasoline, 45,000
  • Kerosene, 15,500
  • Diesel, 54,000
• Heavy Gas Oil, 53,000

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refining complex receives crude oil and other raw materials via the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and pipelines
• About 20% of the crude processed is coming from the Eagle Ford Shale Oil Field

Products Produced

• low-sulfur gasoline and diesel, and jet fuel

Ongoing Projects

• Jacobs Engineering is performing engineering, procurement, and construction services for a new diesel desulfurization unit.
• The estimate for the overall project, which includes the construction of the desulfurization unit, is estimated to be more than $250 million

Other Information

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History

• 1952 - Construction of the original refinery began
• 1994 - the $250 million mid-plant refining complex was completed
• 2000 - Koch Industries settles a lawsuit brought by the EPA

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• Jacobs Receives Diesel Desulfurizer Contract From Flint Hills Resources
• Factbox: U.S. refiners running Eagle Ford Shale oil
• U.S. ANNOUNCES CLEAN AIR SETTLEMENT WITH KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP

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