Total Port Arthur Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Total
- Website: http://www.total.com/en/
- Location: Port Arthur, Texas
- Capacity: 12.0 million tons/annum & 232,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A large complex refinery, capable of processing both heavy and light crude oils
- It supplies a major petrochemical plant located on the same site, the Baystar Polymers Petrochemical Complex
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation - 232,000
- Vacuum Distillation - 54,000
- Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 80,000
- Catalytic Reformer - 39,600
- Solvent De-asphalting - 19,500
- Hydrotreating
- Naphtha - 45,500
- Gasoline - 51,600
- Diesel - 55,000
- Heavy Gas Oil - 31,200
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- It processes imported heavy crude oils and light domestic ones
Products Produced
- It produces automotive fuels and pertrochemical feedstocks
- Products can be shipped via the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline
Projects
- For details see Port Arthur Total Upgrade Project
- The refinery was upgraded in 2011 to enable it to process heavy crudes and to expand capacity
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History
- 1936 - Refinery started operations
- 1973 - TotalFina acquires the refinery
- 2011 - Refinery expansion and upgrade completed