Pascagoula Refinery
Summary Information Ownership: Chevron Website: www.chevron.com List of Chevron Refineries Location: Mississippi, USA Capacity: 16.5 million tons/annum & 330,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description The refinery is a large and very complex one Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCC)- 63,000 Hydrocracker - 58,000 Delayed Coking Unit (Coker) - 105,000 Catalytic Reforming - 71,000 Hydrotreating Heavy Gas Oil Diesel Naphtha Kerosine Alkylation Units - 14,800 Sulphur Recovery Units Base oil production complex Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply Most of the crude oil refined at the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery comes from Central and South America. All the crude oil processed at the refinery – over 100 million barrels a year – arrives by marine tanker Products Produced Chevron's Pascagoula Refinery is primarily a fuels refinery, in that it mainly manufactures motor gasoline, about 130,000 barrels per day (BPD); jet fuel, 50,000 BPD; and diesel fuel, 68,000 BPD. Other products include fuel oils such as bunker fuel, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), aviation gasoline, jet fuels, petroleum coke and sulfur. Products can be supplied to the Plantation Oil Products Pipeline Ongoing Projects $1.4 Billion is being invested in a new lubricants plant. The facility will manufacture 25,000 barrels per day of premium base oil and will be completed in 2013 Other Information - History 1963 - The refinery began operations 1983 - The refinery expanded its crude oil processing capabilities to process and treat low-grade heavier, sour, foreign crude oil 2003 - The Clean Fuels Project, converted the Residuum Desulfurization (RDS) Unit from its original service of de-sulfurizing residuum. The unit is now a gas oil hydrotreater that produces ultra low-sulfur process feed for the FCC 2014 - The base oil production facility was completed Relevant Links Refinery Website Refinery Flowchart Chevron to Build $1.4 Billion Lubricants Plant in Pascagoula, Miss KBR Awarded Construction Contract for Chevron's Base Oil Project in Pascagoula, MS Commercial Production Begins at Chevron’s New Premium Base Oil Plant
