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* List of Valero Refineries | * List of Valero Refineries | ||
* Location: Louisiana, USA | * Location: Louisiana, USA | ||
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* Nelson Complexity: 10.2 | * Nelson Complexity: 10.2 | ||
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=== Brief Description === | === Brief Description === | ||
Revision as of 08:16, 11 March 2020
Contents
Summary Information
- Ownership: Valero
- Website: http://www.valero.com/
- List of Valero Refineries
- Location: Louisiana, USA
- Capacity: 6.75 million tons/annum & 135,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity: 10.2
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation, 50,000
- Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 37,000
- Hydrocracker, 32,000
- Catalytic Reformer, 32,000
- ROSE Solvent Deasphalting, 18,000
- Naphtha Desulphurisation 35,000
- Kerosene Desulphurisation, 6,200
- Diesel Desulphurisation, 5,000
- Heavy Gasoline Desulphurisation, 7,500
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
Processes between 50 percent and 80 percent medium sour crude, with remainder typically light sweet crude
Products Produced
Gasoline and distillate, but also petrochemicals, LPG, fuel oil and others
Projects
- An expansion was concluded in 2007
- The expansion included a new hydrocracker unit, central control room and two new utility boilers; expansion of the crude oil processing capacity to 125,000 barrels per stream day (b/sd); expansion of naphtha hydrotreating capacity to 35,000 b/sd; expansion of the catalytic reforming capacity to 32,000 b/sd; and construction of a new sulfur recovery complex, including amine regeneration, sour water stripping and high efficiency sulfur recovery.
- ABB was responsible for engineering, procurement and construction for the project
Other Information
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History
- 1961 - Murphy Oil acquired the refinery
- 2003 - The ROSE unit was destroyed in a fire
- 2003 - Murphy expanded the refinery allowing the refinery to meet low-sulfur gasoline specifications which became effective January 1, 2008.
- 2005 - the Meraux, Louisiana refinery and associated assets were severely damaged by flooding and high winds caused by Hurricane Katrina.
- 2006 - Following a nine months shut-down for repairs the refinery was restarted
- 2010 - Murphy announced that it was to exit the downstream business
- 2011 - Murphy announced it was selling the refinery to Valero
