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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/
Company Refineries: Valero Refineries
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* Company Refineries: Valero Refineries
Location: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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* Location: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Capacity: 9.75 million tons/annum & 195,000 bbl/day
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* Capacity: 9.75 million tons/annum & 195,000 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 ===
A large medium complexity refinery that processes light sweet crude
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* A large medium complexity refinery that processes light sweet crude
Refining Units
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=== Refining Units ===
Atmospheric Distillation
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* Atmospheric Distillation
Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 70,000
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* Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 70,000
Catalytic Reformer - 36,000
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* Catalytic Reformer - 36,000
Alkylation unit
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* Alkylation unit
Desulphurisation
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* Desulphurisation
Naphtha - 52,000
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* Naphtha - 52,000
Gasoline - 39,000
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* Gasoline - 39,000
Diesel - 69,000
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* Diesel - 69,000
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 ===
Primarily processes light and sweet crude oil received through the Capline Oil Pipeline
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* Primarily processes light and sweet crude oil
New sources of supply will be available through the Diamond Crude Oil Pipeline
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* The refinery previously received it oil through the [[Capline Oil Pipeline]]
Products Produced
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* It is now connected to Cushing, through the [[Diamond Crude Oil Pipeline]]
Nearly 100 percent of production in light products
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=== Products Produced ===
Conventional gasoline, reformulated gasoline, jet fuel, high and lowsulfur diesel fuel, petrochemical feedstocks and residual oil
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* Nearly 100 percent of production in light products
Ongoing Projects
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* Conventional gasoline, reformulated gasoline, jet fuel, high and low sulfur diesel fuel, petrochemical feedstocks and residual oil
Technip is constructing a Hydrogen unit, which is expected to be completed in 2012
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=== Ongoing Projects ===
Other Information
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* Technip is constructing a Hydrogen unit, which is expected to be completed in 2012
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=== Other Information
 
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History
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=== History ===
1941 - Refinery Commissioned
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* 1941 - Refinery Commissioned
2001 - Williams launched clean gasoline project
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* 2001 - Williams launched clean gasoline project
2003 - Premcor acquired the refinery from Williams
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* 2003 - Premcor acquired the refinery from Williams
2005 - Refinery acquired with the purchase of Premcor
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* 2005 - Refinery acquired with the purchase of Premcor
Relevant Links
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=== Links ===
Refinery Webpage
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# [https://www.valero.com/en-us/Pages/Memphis.aspx Refinery Webpage]
Technip awarded two hydrogen plant contracts in the United States
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:19 Technip awarded two hydrogen plant contracts in the United States]
Williams Memphis Refinery Prepares to Produce Cleaner Gasoline
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# [http://www.williams.com/newsroom/news_releases/2001/rel810.html Williams Memphis Refinery Prepares to Produce Cleaner Gasoline]
Premcor 2004 Annual Report
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# [http://www.valero.com/Financial%20Documents/Premcor%20Annual%20Report%202004.pdf Premcor 2004 Annual Report]
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[[Category:Refinery]]
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[[Category:USA]]
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[[Category:Valero]]

Revision as of 07:56, 11 March 2020

Summary Information

  • Ownership: Valero
  • Website: http://www.valero.com/
  • Company Refineries: Valero Refineries
  • Location: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
  • Capacity: 9.75 million tons/annum & 195,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

Brief Description

  • A large medium complexity refinery that processes light sweet crude

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 70,000
  • Catalytic Reformer - 36,000
  • Alkylation unit
  • Desulphurisation
  • Naphtha - 52,000
  • Gasoline - 39,000
  • Diesel - 69,000

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

Products Produced

  • Nearly 100 percent of production in light products
  • Conventional gasoline, reformulated gasoline, jet fuel, high and low sulfur diesel fuel, petrochemical feedstocks and residual oil

Ongoing Projects

  • Technip is constructing a Hydrogen unit, which is expected to be completed in 2012

=== Other Information -

History

  • 1941 - Refinery Commissioned
  • 2001 - Williams launched clean gasoline project
  • 2003 - Premcor acquired the refinery from Williams
  • 2005 - Refinery acquired with the purchase of Premcor

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. Technip awarded two hydrogen plant contracts in the United States
  3. Williams Memphis Refinery Prepares to Produce Cleaner Gasoline
  4. Premcor 2004 Annual Report