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Summary Information
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=== Summary Information ===
Ownership: Valero
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* Ownership: Valero
Website: http://www.valero.com/
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* Website: http://www.valero.com/
List of Valero Refineries
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* List of [[Valero Refineries]]
Location: Houston, Texas
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* Location: Houston, Texas
Capacity: 7.25 million tons/annum & 145,000 bbl/day
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* Capacity: 7.25 million tons/annum & 145,000 bbl/day
Nelson Complexity:
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* Nelson Complexity:
Refining Depth:
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* Refining Depth:
Brief Description
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=== Brief Description ===
The refinery is a mid-sized plant with a total throughput capacity of 145,000 barrels per day (BPD) and produces a wide range of petroleum products.
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* The refinery is a mid-sized plant with a total throughput capacity of 145,000 barrels per day (BPD) and produces a wide range of petroleum products.
Refining Units
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=== Refining Units ===
Atmospheric Distillation - 145,000
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* Atmospheric Distillation - 145,000
Vacuum Distillation Unit - 38,000
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* Vacuum Distillation Unit - 38,000
Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 65,000
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* Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 65,000
Catalytic Reformer - 60,600
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* Catalytic Reformer - 60,600
Solvent Deasphalting - 18,000
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* Solvent Deasphalting - 18,000
Alkylation Unit
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* Alkylation Unit
Desulpurisation
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* Desulpurisation
Naphtha - 9,000
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** Naphtha - 9,000
Gasoline - 30,300
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** Gasoline - 30,300
Jet Fuel - 12,000
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** Jet Fuel - 12,000
Terminal Capacity
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=== Terminal Capacity ===
Crude Oil:
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* Crude Oil:
Refined Products:
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* Refined Products:
Crude Supply
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=== Crude Supply ===
The refinery imports crude from Saudi Arabia & Iraq
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* The refinery imports crude from Saudi Arabia & Iraq
Products Produced
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=== Products Produced ===
fuel gas, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel, sulfur, No. 2 fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), propylene, vacuum gas oil, No. 6 fuel oil and iso-octene
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* fuel gas, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel, sulfur, No. 2 fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), propylene, vacuum gas oil, No. 6 fuel oil and iso-octene
Ongoing Projects
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* The refinery has access to major product pipelines including Colonial, TEPPCO, Orion and Explorer
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=== Projects ===
 
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Other Information
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=== Other Information ===
 
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History
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=== History ===
1943 - Refinery Commissioned
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* 1943 - Refinery Commissioned
1997 - Refinery acquired with the purchase of Basis Petroleum
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* 1997 - Refinery acquired with the purchase of Basis Petroleum
2003 - Completed an initial energy efficiency project
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* 2003 - Completed an initial energy efficiency project
Relevant Links
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* 2016 - Completed a new crude unit with a capacity of 90,000 barrels per day
Refinery Webpage
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=== Links ===
Valero: Houston Refinery Uses Plant-Wide Assessment to Develop an Energy Optimization and Management System
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# [https://www.valero.com/en-us/Pages/Houston.aspx Refinery Webpage]
Valero Energy Strategy
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# [http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/bestpractices/pdfs/valero.pdf Valero: Houston Refinery Uses Plant-Wide Assessment to Develop an Energy Optimization and Management System]
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# [http://texasiof.ces.utexas.edu/PDF/Presentations/IETC%20Award%20Acceptance.pdf Valero Energy Strategy]
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[[Category:Refinery]]
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[[Category:USA]]
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[[Category:Valero]]

Revision as of 15:15, 8 March 2020

Summary Information

Brief Description

  • The refinery is a mid-sized plant with a total throughput capacity of 145,000 barrels per day (BPD) and produces a wide range of petroleum products.

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation - 145,000
  • Vacuum Distillation Unit - 38,000
  • Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 65,000
  • Catalytic Reformer - 60,600
  • Solvent Deasphalting - 18,000
  • Alkylation Unit
  • Desulpurisation
    • Naphtha - 9,000
    • Gasoline - 30,300
    • Jet Fuel - 12,000

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • The refinery imports crude from Saudi Arabia & Iraq

Products Produced

  • fuel gas, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel, sulfur, No. 2 fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), propylene, vacuum gas oil, No. 6 fuel oil and iso-octene
  • The refinery has access to major product pipelines including Colonial, TEPPCO, Orion and Explorer

Projects

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Other Information

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History

  • 1943 - Refinery Commissioned
  • 1997 - Refinery acquired with the purchase of Basis Petroleum
  • 2003 - Completed an initial energy efficiency project
  • 2016 - Completed a new crude unit with a capacity of 90,000 barrels per day

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. Valero: Houston Refinery Uses Plant-Wide Assessment to Develop an Energy Optimization and Management System
  3. Valero Energy Strategy