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
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Other Information
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History
- 2002 - One of six refineries acquired by Valero in the purchase of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock
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