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− | Summary Information | + | === Summary Information === |
− | Ownership: Lyondell Basell | + | |
− | Website: http://www.lyondellbasell.com/ | + | * Ownership: Lyondell Basell |
− | Location: Houston, Texas | + | * Website: http://www.lyondellbasell.com/ |
− | Capacity: 13.4 million tons/annum & 268,000 bbl/day | + | * Location: Houston, Texas |
− | Nelson Complexity: | + | * Capacity: 13.4 million tons/annum & 268,000 bbl/day |
− | Refining Units | + | * Nelson Complexity: |
− | Crude Distillation Unit | + | |
− | Vacuum Distillation Unit | + | +++ Refining Units |
− | Coker | + | |
− | FCC | + | * Crude Distillation Unit |
− | Diesel Desulphurisation | + | * Vacuum Distillation Unit |
− | Gasoline Hydrotreating | + | * Coker |
− | Terminal Capacity | + | * FCC |
− | Crude Oil: | + | * Diesel Desulphurisation |
− | Refined Products: | + | * Gasoline Hydrotreating |
− | Crude Supply | + | |
− | The Refinery is a full conversion refinery designed to run heavy (16 to 18 degrees API), high sulfur crude oil. | + | +++ Terminal Capacity |
− | Most of the crude oil used as a raw material for the Refinery is purchased under a crude supply agreement with PDVSA Petróleo, S.A. (“PDVSA Oil”), an affiliate of Petróleos de Venezulea, S.A. (“PDVSA”), the national oil company of Venezuela. | + | |
− | Products Produced | + | * Crude Oil: |
− | + | * Refined Products: | |
− | Ongoing Projects | + | |
− | - | + | +++ Crude Supply |
− | Other Information | + | * The Refinery is a full conversion refinery designed to run heavy (16 to 18 degrees API), high sulfur crude oil. |
− | - | + | * Most of the crude oil used as a raw material for the Refinery is purchased under a crude supply agreement with PDVSA Petróleo, S.A. (“PDVSA Oil”), an affiliate of Petróleos de Venezulea, S.A. (“PDVSA”), the national oil company of Venezuela. |
− | History | + | |
+ | === Products Produced === | ||
+ | * Gasoline (including blendstocks for oxygenate blending), jet fuel, heating oil, ultra low sulfur diesel fuel, coke and sulfur | ||
+ | * Products can be shipped via the [[Colonial Oil Products Pipeline]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | +++ Ongoing Projects | ||
+ | * - | ||
+ | |||
+ | +++ Other Information | ||
+ | * - | ||
+ | === History === | ||
* The Houston refinery was one of the first petroleum refineries constructed on the Houston Ship Channel and traces its origin to 1918. | * The Houston refinery was one of the first petroleum refineries constructed on the Houston Ship Channel and traces its origin to 1918. | ||
* The initial plant was operated by Sinclair Refining and later by Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). | * The initial plant was operated by Sinclair Refining and later by Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). |
Revision as of 10:04, 24 January 2022
Summary Information
- Ownership: Lyondell Basell
- Website: http://www.lyondellbasell.com/
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Capacity: 13.4 million tons/annum & 268,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
+++ Refining Units
- Crude Distillation Unit
- Vacuum Distillation Unit
- Coker
- FCC
- Diesel Desulphurisation
- Gasoline Hydrotreating
+++ Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
+++ Crude Supply
- The Refinery is a full conversion refinery designed to run heavy (16 to 18 degrees API), high sulfur crude oil.
- Most of the crude oil used as a raw material for the Refinery is purchased under a crude supply agreement with PDVSA Petróleo, S.A. (“PDVSA Oil”), an affiliate of Petróleos de Venezulea, S.A. (“PDVSA”), the national oil company of Venezuela.
Products Produced
- Gasoline (including blendstocks for oxygenate blending), jet fuel, heating oil, ultra low sulfur diesel fuel, coke and sulfur
- Products can be shipped via the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline
+++ Ongoing Projects
- -
+++ Other Information
- -
History
- The Houston refinery was one of the first petroleum refineries constructed on the Houston Ship Channel and traces its origin to 1918.
- The initial plant was operated by Sinclair Refining and later by Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO).
- 1993 - Lyondell-Citgo Refining LP was formed
- 1997 - Delayed coker added
- 2006 - PDVSA announced plans to sell the refinery
- 2006 - LyondellBasell reacquired full ownership of the plant and the refinery, operating as Houston Refining LP, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of LyondellBasell.