Pasadena Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Pasadena Refining (Petrobras) Website: http://www.pasadenarefining.com/ Location: Pasadena, Texas, USA Capacity: 5.5 million tons/annum & 110,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description A medium sized complex refinery, with a high gasoline yield, located on the Houston Canal Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation - 110,000 Vacuum Distillation - 38,000 Delayed Coker - 12,500 Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 56,000 Catalytic Reformer - 23,000 Hydrotreatment Naphtha - 28,000 Gasoline - 34,000 Distillate - 16,000 Terminal Capacity 5.1 million barrels of crude oil and refined products Crude Supply The refinery is supplied by tankers via the Houston ship canal The refinery can process Eagle Ford Crude supplied by the KMCC Pipeline Products Produced Gasoline, Diesel, Kerosene Ongoing Projects Pasadena Refining System, Inc., has selected Fluor to provide front-end engineering study services for a prospective U.S. refinery project. Fluor will provide engineering, estimating and project management services for the conceptual engineering phase of the prospective project that would enhance the performance of the 100,000 barrel-per-day Pasadena, Texas, refinery. PRSI will also be adapted to process heavy crude oil See Pasadena Refinery Project Other Information - History 2006 - Petrobras bought a 50 percent stake in Pasadena Refinery 2007 - Low Sulfur Gasoline Unit began operations 2008 - Petrobras America took over full control of operations at Pasadena Refinery 2010 - Fluor chosen to provide front-end engineering study services for expansion 2012 - Petrobras announced an agreement that terminates all the lawsuits relating to the acquisition 2019 - Chevron agrees to acquire the refinery from Petrobras Relevant Links Petrobras USA US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Pasadena Refining Services in Texas $115,650 for multiple safety hazards Fluor Selected by Petrobras Affiliate for U.S. Refinery Study Execution of Agreement: Pasadena Refinery Chevron Agrees with Petrobras to Buy Pasadena Refinery System for $350 Million