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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/
List of Valero Refineries
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* List of [[Valero Refineries]]
Location: Pembroke, Milford Haven, West Wales
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* Location: Pembroke, Milford Haven, West Wales
Capacity: 10.5 million tons/annum & 210,000 bbl/day
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* Capacity: 10.5 million tons/annum & 210,000 bbl/day
Nelson Complexity:
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* Nelson Complexity:
Brief Description
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=== Brief Description ===
A large medium complex refinery with a high gasoline yield.
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* A large medium complex refinery with a high gasoline yield.
Refining Units
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=== Refining Units ===
Atmospheric Distillation
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* Atmospheric Distillation
VDU
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* VDU
Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
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* Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
HF Alkylation unit,
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* HF Alkylation unit,
Isomerisation Unit
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* Isomerisation Unit
catalytic reforming unit
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* catalytic reforming unit
hydrotreating
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* hydrotreating
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 ===
The refinery is able to process heavy crudes
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* The refinery is able to process heavy crudes
It also processes acidic crudes including Doba Crude from the oil fields of Chad in Africa.
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* It also processes acidic crudes including Doba Crude from the oil fields of Chad in Africa.
Products Produced
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=== Products Produced ===
Petrol
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* Petrol
Diesel
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* Diesel
Kerosene & jet fuel
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* Kerosene & jet fuel
Fuel oil
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* Fuel oil
LPG
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* LPG
Petrochemical feedstocks
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* Petrochemical feedstocks
About half of the refineries output is gasoline.
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* About half of the refineries output is gasoline.
Ongoing Projects
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=== Projects ===
 
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Other Information
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=== Other Information
As of March 2010, Chevron announced that it was looking for a buyer for the refinery. Like all gasoline oriented refineries in Europe, a market dominated by diesel, the refinery is not as profitable as it should be given its high complexity.
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* As of March 2010, Chevron announced that it was looking for a buyer for the refinery. Like all gasoline oriented refineries in Europe, a market dominated by diesel, the refinery is not as profitable as it should be given its high complexity.
History
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=== History ===
The refinery was initially owned by the Regent Oil Company, a large domestic marketer of Trinidad-produced oils.
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* The refinery was initially owned by the Regent Oil Company, a large domestic marketer of Trinidad-produced oils.
1956 - Regent was fully acquired by Texaco
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* 1956 - Regent was fully acquired by Texaco
1982 - A fluid catalytic cracker came on stream
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* 1982 - A fluid catalytic cracker came on stream
1996 - Texaco acquire Gulf Oil's share of Pembroke Cracking Company
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* 1996 - Texaco acquire Gulf Oil's share of Pembroke Cracking Company
2011 - Chevron has reached an agreement with Valero Energy Corporation to sell the refinery
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* 2011 - Chevron has reached an agreement with Valero Energy Corporation to sell the refinery
2011 - Four contractors killed in an explosion
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* 2011 - Four contractors killed in an explosion
2013 - Foster Wheeler Signs Services Agreement
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* 2013 - Foster Wheeler Signs Services Agreement
Relevant Links
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=== Links ===
Information from UKPIA
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# [http://www.ukpia.com/industry_information/refining_uk_refineries/refineries/chevron_pembroke_refinery.aspx Information from UKPIA]
Integrated Refinery Managment System Includes Refinery Flow Diagram
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# [http://www.comcept.com/downloads/Presentations/ERTC%20Barcelona%20June%202002%20IRIS.pdf Integrated Refinery Managment System] Includes Refinery Flow Diagram
Saipem Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Units
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# [[[Saipem Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Units]]]
Saipem Alkylation Units
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# [[[Saipem Alkylation Units]]]
Saipem Isomerisation Units
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# [[[Saipem Isomerisation Units]]]
Texaco Plans To Acquire Gulf Oil's Interest In Pembroke Cracking Company
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:texaco-plans-to-acquire-gulf-oil-s-interest-in-pembr Texaco Plans To Acquire Gulf Oil's Interest In Pembroke Cracking Company]
Chevron to Sell Pembroke Refinery to Valero
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:622 Chevron to Sell Pembroke Refinery to Valero]
Foster Wheeler Signs Services Agreement with Valero Refinery in the UK
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:4011 Foster Wheeler Signs Services Agreement with Valero Refinery in the UK]
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[[Category:Refinery]]
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[[Category:UK]]
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[[Category:Valero]]

Revision as of 14:46, 8 March 2020

Summary Information

Brief Description

  • A large medium complex refinery with a high gasoline yield.

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • VDU
  • Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
  • HF Alkylation unit,
  • Isomerisation Unit
  • catalytic reforming unit
  • hydrotreating

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • The refinery is able to process heavy crudes
  • It also processes acidic crudes including Doba Crude from the oil fields of Chad in Africa.

Products Produced

  • Petrol
  • Diesel
  • Kerosene & jet fuel
  • Fuel oil
  • LPG
  • Petrochemical feedstocks
  • About half of the refineries output is gasoline.

Projects

- === Other Information

  • As of March 2010, Chevron announced that it was looking for a buyer for the refinery. Like all gasoline oriented refineries in Europe, a market dominated by diesel, the refinery is not as profitable as it should be given its high complexity.

History

  • The refinery was initially owned by the Regent Oil Company, a large domestic marketer of Trinidad-produced oils.
  • 1956 - Regent was fully acquired by Texaco
  • 1982 - A fluid catalytic cracker came on stream
  • 1996 - Texaco acquire Gulf Oil's share of Pembroke Cracking Company
  • 2011 - Chevron has reached an agreement with Valero Energy Corporation to sell the refinery
  • 2011 - Four contractors killed in an explosion
  • 2013 - Foster Wheeler Signs Services Agreement

Links

  1. Information from UKPIA
  2. Integrated Refinery Managment System Includes Refinery Flow Diagram
  3. [[[Saipem Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Units]]]
  4. [[[Saipem Alkylation Units]]]
  5. [[[Saipem Isomerisation Units]]]
  6. Texaco Plans To Acquire Gulf Oil's Interest In Pembroke Cracking Company
  7. Chevron to Sell Pembroke Refinery to Valero
  8. Foster Wheeler Signs Services Agreement with Valero Refinery in the UK