Valero Port Arthur Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Valero
• Website: http://www.valero.com/
  • Company Refineries: Valero Refineries
• Location: Port Arthur Texas
• Capacity: 15.5 million tons/annum & 310,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:

Brief Description

• One of the largest and most complex refineries in the USA

Refining Units

• CDU
• VDU
• Delayed coker - 95,000 bbl/day
• Hydrocracker
• Alkylation unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Has ability to process 100 percent sour crude oil, of which up to 80 percent can be heavy sour crude oil
• Under a long-term crude oil supply agreement the company purchases Maya Crude Oil from Pemex

Products Produced

• Conventional, premium and reformulated gasoline before oxygenate blending, as well as diesel, jet fuel, petrochemicals, petroleum coke and sulfur

Ongoing Projects

• see Port Arthur Valero Upgrade Project

Other Information

• Refinery production distributed into the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline, Explorer Oil Products Pipeline and Teppco Pipeline or across the refinery docks into ships or barges

History

• 1901 - Refinery commissioned
• 2005 - Premcor signes agreement with Air Products for supply of hydrogen
• 2005 - One of four refineries acquired in the purchase of Premcor
• 2006 - Expansion project increased throughput capacity from 250,000 bpd to approximately 310,000 bpd, and expanded the coker unit capacity from 80,000 bpd to 105,000 bpd
• 2008 - Fluor awarded engineering, procurement, construction and construction management services contract for refinery upgrade

Relevant Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in the United States
3. Technip awarded EPCM contract for a major expansion of Valero's refinery in the United States
4. Air Products To Construct Second Integrated Hydrogen And Cogeneration Plant At Port Arthur, Texas To Supply Premcor

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