Valero Wilmington Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Valero
• Website: http://www.valero.com/
  • List of Valero Refineries
• Location: Wilmington, California, USA
• Capacity: 6.75 million tons/annum & 135,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• The refinery is a combination of two process complexes, Valero Wilmington and Ultramar Wilmington refineries. It is a medium sized complex refinery capable of processing heavy & sour crude and producing high specification products.

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation, 45,000 + 5,000
• Delayed Coker, 29,000
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 55,000
• Catalytic Reformer, 18,000
• Desulphurisation
  • Naphtha, 32,000
  • Diesel, 45,000
  • Heavy Gasoil, 64,000

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The Wilmington refinery processes a blend of California and foreign crude oil, as well as unfinished feedstocks from local and foreign sources
• The refinery is well-suited to process lower-cost heavy, high-sulfur crude oils and feedstocks.

Products Produced

• Gasoline, jet fuel, ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD), CARB diesel, propane, coke and asphalt

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

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History

• 2002 - One of six refineries acquired in the purchase of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage

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