Meraux Refinery

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Valero
  • Website: http://www.valero.com/
  • List of Valero Refineries
  • Location: Louisiana, USA
  • Capacity: 6.75 million tons/annum & 135,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity: 10.2
  • Refining Depth:

Brief Description

  • The Valero Meraux Refinery, located on 550 acres in St. Bernard Parish southeast of New Orleans, is a complex refinery with a total throughput capacity of 135,000 barrels per day and significant hydro-processing capacity.
  • Meraux's dock is located on the Mississippi River, about 40 miles from the Valero St. Charles Refinery.

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Vacuum Distillation, 50,000
  • Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 37,000
  • Hydrocracker, 32,000
  • Catalytic Reformer, 32,000
  • ROSE Solvent Deasphalting, 18,000
  • Naphtha Desulphurisation 35,000
  • Kerosene Desulphurisation, 6,200
  • Diesel Desulphurisation, 5,000
  • Heavy Gasoline Desulphurisation, 7,500

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

Processes between 50 percent and 80 percent medium sour crude, with remainder typically light sweet crude

Products Produced

Projects

  • An expansion was concluded in 2007
  • The expansion included a new hydrocracker unit, central control room and two new utility boilers; expansion of the crude oil processing capacity to 125,000 barrels per stream day (b/sd); expansion of naphtha hydrotreating capacity to 35,000 b/sd; expansion of the catalytic reforming capacity to 32,000 b/sd; and construction of a new sulfur recovery complex, including amine regeneration, sour water stripping and high efficiency sulfur recovery.
  • ABB was responsible for engineering, procurement and construction for the project

Other Information

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History

  • 1961 - Murphy Oil acquired the refinery
  • 2003 - The ROSE unit was destroyed in a fire
  • 2003 - Murphy expanded the refinery allowing the refinery to meet low-sulfur gasoline specifications which became effective January 1, 2008.
  • 2005 - the Meraux, Louisiana refinery and associated assets were severely damaged by flooding and high winds caused by Hurricane Katrina.
  • 2006 - Following a nine months shut-down for repairs the refinery was restarted
  • 2010 - Murphy announced that it was to exit the downstream business
  • 2011 - Murphy announced it was selling the refinery to Valero

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. 2009 Annual Report
  3. Murphy Oil Corporation Announces Plans To Exit The Refining Business
  4. MURPHY ANNOUNCES MERAUX REFINERY SALE
  5. Valero Completes Purchase of Meraux Refinery and Related Assets
  6. Fire Extinguished at Murphy Oil Meraux Refinery