Valero Texas City Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Valero
• Website: http://www.valero.com/
  • Company Refineries: Valero Refineries
• Location: Texas City, Texas, USA
• Capacity: 12.5 million tons/annum & 243,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
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Brief Description

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Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• delayed coker - 45,000 BPD
• Gasoline desulfurization unit - 53,000 BPD

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes heavy and sour crudes, mostly from Mexico

Products Produced

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Ongoing Projects

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History

• 1997 - Valero acquired the refinery
• 2002 - Foster Wheeler Awarded Delayed Coker Contract
• 2003 - Cpompletion of an upgrading and expansion project that increased the plant's total refining capacity from 165,000 barrels per day (BPD) to 243,000 BPD

Relevant Links

1. Foster Wheeler is Awarded a $275 Million Delayed Coker Contract by Valero Refining
2. Valero Celebrates Expansion and Future of Texas City Refinery

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