Deer Park Refining Ltd
Summary Information
Ownership: Deer Park Refining Ltd (Shell / Pemex) Website: http://www.shell.us/ List of Shell Refineries List of Pemex Refineries Location: On the Houston Ship Channel, Texas Capacity: 16.5 million tons/annum & 330,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Units CDU - 270,000 & 70,000 VDU - 175,000 Fluid Catalytic Cracker - 75,000 Selective Hydrocracker - 67,000 Alkylation Plant - Catalytic Reforming - 69,000 Delayed Coker - 88,000 Gas Oil Hydrotreater Platformer Unit - 24,000 Gas Plants Sulfur Recovery Unit Co-generation Power Plant (150 megawatts Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply More than half of the crude oil processed at the refinery is Maya imported from Mexico. The balance is from Africa, Venezuela and other countries. Products Produced Gasoline Jet Fuel and Kerosene Diesel Fuel and Heating Oil Propane and Butane Asphalt HSFO Chemical Feedstocks: Ethane, propane and butane are used in the manufacture of ethylene, a major building block for chemical products. Other products include gas oils, naphthas and reformates. Petroleum Coke Ongoing Projects - Other Information Pipeline shipments of gasoline, diesel, kerosene and jet fuel to East Coast, Midwest, West Texas, Houston area. About 20-30,000 barrels a day of gasoline and 5,000 barrels a day of diesel fuel are shipped to Mexico in leased tankers. Gasoline also is occasionally shipped to Europe.
History
- 1929 - Shell builds first refinery on the site
- 1993 - Shell Oil Company and PMI Norteamerica, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), formed a 50-50 joint venture—Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership (DPRLP)
- 2000 - Delayed coker commissioned
- 2011 - Air Products announced a long-term agreement with Shell for the supply of a significant portion of the hydrogen requirement for the refinery