Valero Houston Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Valero Website: http://www.valero.com/ List of Valero Refineries Location: Houston, Texas Capacity: 7.25 million tons/annum & 145,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description The refinery is a mid-sized plant with a total throughput capacity of 145,000 barrels per day (BPD) and produces a wide range of petroleum products. Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation - 145,000 Vacuum Distillation Unit - 38,000 Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 65,000 Catalytic Reformer - 60,600 Solvent Deasphalting - 18,000 Alkylation Unit Desulpurisation Naphtha - 9,000 Gasoline - 30,300 Jet Fuel - 12,000 Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply The refinery imports crude from Saudi Arabia & Iraq Products Produced fuel gas, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel, sulfur, No. 2 fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), propylene, vacuum gas oil, No. 6 fuel oil and iso-octene Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1943 - Refinery Commissioned 1997 - Refinery acquired with the purchase of Basis Petroleum 2003 - Completed an initial energy efficiency project Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Valero: Houston Refinery Uses Plant-Wide Assessment to Develop an Energy Optimization and Management System Valero Energy Strategy