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Summary Information

• Ownership: Chevron
• Website: http://https://pasadena.chevron.com/
• Location: Pasadena, Texas, USA
• Capacity: 5.5 million tons/annum & 110,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A medium sized complex refinery, with a high gasoline yield, located on the Houston Canal

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation - 110,000
• Vacuum Distillation - 38,000
• Delayed Coker - 12,500
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 56,000
• Catalytic Reformer - 23,000
• Hydrotreatment
  • Naphtha - 28,000
  • Gasoline - 34,000
  • Distillate - 16,000

Terminal Capacity

• 5.1 million barrels of crude oil and refined products

Crude Supply

• The refinery is supplied by tankers via the Houston ship canal
• The refinery can process Eagle Ford Crude supplied by the KMCC Pipeline

Products Produced

• Gasoline, Diesel, Kerosene

Ongoing Projects

• Pasadena Refining System, Inc., has selected Fluor to provide front-end engineering study services for a prospective U.S. refinery project.
• Fluor will provide engineering, estimating and project management services for the conceptual engineering phase of the prospective project that would enhance the performance of the 100,000 barrel-per-day Pasadena, Texas, refinery.
• PRSI will also be adapted to process heavy crude oil
• See Pasadena Refinery Project

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History

• 2006 - Petrobras bought a 50 percent stake in Pasadena Refinery
• 2007 - Low Sulfur Gasoline Unit began operations
• 2008 - Petrobras America took over full control of operations at Pasadena Refinery
• 2010 - Fluor chosen to provide front-end engineering study services for expansion
• 2012 - Petrobras announced an agreement that terminates all the lawsuits relating to the acquisition
• 2019 - Chevron agrees to acquire the refinery from Petrobras

Relevant Links

• Petrobras USA
• US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Pasadena Refining Services in Texas $115,650 for multiple safety hazards
• Fluor Selected by Petrobras Affiliate for U.S. Refinery Study
• Execution of Agreement: Pasadena Refinery
• Chevron Agrees with Petrobras to Buy Pasadena Refinery System for $350 Million

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