Citgo Lake Charles Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Citgo (PDVSA) Website: http://www.citgo.com/ List of PDVSA Refineries Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA Capacity: 22.0 million tons/annum & 440,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description The CITGO Lake Charles Refinery is a modern, deep-conversion facility with a processing capacity of 440,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The fifth largest refinery in the nation, it’s particularly suited to process heavy crudes into high-octane, unleaded gasoline. Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation, 235,000 Delayed Coker, 99,000 Flıuidised Catalytic Cracker, 3*50,000 Hydrocracker, 42,000 Catalytic Reformer, 58,000 + 52,800 Naphtha Desulphurisation, 123,000 Gasoline Desulphurisation, 77,000 Kerosine Desulphurisation, 29,000 Diesel Desulphurisation, 117,500 Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply Can process heavy and sour crudes Uses Venezuelan crude It also processes sweet crude from domestic producers, primarily in Texas and Louisiana Products Produced Gasoline, Diesel, LPG, Coke, Jet Fuel Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1944 - Refinery commissioned 2004 - CITGO invested $500 million in the Crude Vacuum Expansion Project (CVEP)/Tier II Program to increase its crude processing capacity to 425,000 barrels per day (bpd), an increase of 105,000 bpd 2006 - The Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex completed a cat feed hydrotreater conversion project Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Citgo Is Said to Plan January Work on Louisiana Refinery Catalytic Cracker Lake Area Industry Alliance