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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: Port Arthur Texas
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* Location: Port Arthur Texas
Capacity: 15.5 million tons/annum & 310,000 bbl/day
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* Capacity: 19.75 million tons/annum & 395,000 bbl/day
Nelson Complexity:
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* Nelson Complexity:
Brief Description
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=== Brief Description ===
One of the largest and most complex refineries in the USA
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* One of the largest and most complex refineries in the USA
Refining Units
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=== Refining Units ===
CDU
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* CDU
VDU
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* VDU
Delayed coker - 95,000 bbl/day
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* Delayed coker - 95,000 bbl/day
Hydrocracker
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* Hydrocracker
Alkylation unit
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* Alkylation unit
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 ===
Has ability to process 100 percent sour crude oil, of which up to 80 percent can be heavy sour crude oil
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* Has ability to process 100 percent sour crude oil, of which up to 80 percent can be heavy sour crude oil
Under a long-term crude oil supply agreement the company purchases Maya Crude Oil from Pemex
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* Under a long-term crude oil supply agreement the company purchases Maya Crude Oil from Pemex
Products Produced
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=== Products Produced ===
Conventional, premium and reformulated gasoline before oxygenate blending, as well as diesel, jet fuel, petrochemicals, petroleum coke and sulfur
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* Conventional, premium and reformulated gasoline before oxygenate blending, as well as diesel, jet fuel, petrochemicals, petroleum coke and sulfur
Ongoing Projects
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=== Projects ===
see Port Arthur Valero Upgrade Project
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* see Port Arthur Valero Upgrade Project
Other Information
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=== Other Information
 
Refinery production distributed into the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline, Explorer Oil Products Pipeline and Teppco Pipeline or across the refinery docks into ships or barges
 
Refinery production distributed into the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline, Explorer Oil Products Pipeline and Teppco Pipeline or across the refinery docks into ships or barges
History
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=== History ===
 
1901 - Refinery commissioned
 
1901 - Refinery commissioned
2005 - Premcor signes agreement with Air Products for supply of hydrogen
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* 2005 - Premcor signs agreement with Air Products for supply of hydrogen
2005 - One of four refineries acquired in the purchase of Premcor
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* 2005 - One of four refineries acquired in the purchase of Premcor
2006 - Expansion project increased throughput capacity from 250,000 bpd to approximately 310,000 bpd, and expanded the coker unit capacity from 80,000 bpd to 105,000 bpd
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* 2006 - Expansion project increased throughput capacity from 250,000 bpd to approximately 310,000 bpd, and expanded the coker unit capacity from 80,000 bpd to 105,000 bpd
2008 - Fluor awarded engineering, procurement, construction and construction management services contract for refinery upgrade
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* 2008 - Fluor awarded engineering, procurement, construction and construction management services contract for refinery upgrade
Relevant Links
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* 2012 - Refinery expansion project completed
Refinery Webpage
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=== Links ===
Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in the United States
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# [https://www.valero.com/en-us/Pages/PortArthur.aspx Refinery Webpage]
Technip awarded EPCM contract for a major expansion of Valero's refinery in the United States
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:technip-awarded-a-flare-gas-recovery-contract-in-the Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in the United States]
Air Products To Construct Second Integrated Hydrogen And Cogeneration Plant At Port Arthur, Texas To Supply Premcor
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:technip-awarded-epcm-contract-for-a-major-expansion Technip awarded EPCM contract for a major expansion of Valero's refinery in the United States]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:valero-to-acquire-premcor-in-8-billion-transaction Valero to Acquire Premcor in $8 Billion Transaction]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:air-products-to-construct-second-integrated-hydrogen Air Products To Construct Second Integrated Hydrogen And Cogeneration Plant At Port Arthur, Texas To Supply Premcor]
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[[Category:Refinery]]
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[[Category:USA]]
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[[Category:Valero]]

Revision as of 09:29, 11 March 2020

Summary Information

Brief Description

  • One of the largest and most complex refineries in the USA

Refining Units

  • CDU
  • VDU
  • Delayed coker - 95,000 bbl/day
  • Hydrocracker
  • Alkylation unit

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • Has ability to process 100 percent sour crude oil, of which up to 80 percent can be heavy sour crude oil
  • Under a long-term crude oil supply agreement the company purchases Maya Crude Oil from Pemex

Products Produced

  • Conventional, premium and reformulated gasoline before oxygenate blending, as well as diesel, jet fuel, petrochemicals, petroleum coke and sulfur

Projects

  • see Port Arthur Valero Upgrade Project

=== Other Information Refinery production distributed into the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline, Explorer Oil Products Pipeline and Teppco Pipeline or across the refinery docks into ships or barges

History

1901 - Refinery commissioned

  • 2005 - Premcor signs agreement with Air Products for supply of hydrogen
  • 2005 - One of four refineries acquired in the purchase of Premcor
  • 2006 - Expansion project increased throughput capacity from 250,000 bpd to approximately 310,000 bpd, and expanded the coker unit capacity from 80,000 bpd to 105,000 bpd
  • 2008 - Fluor awarded engineering, procurement, construction and construction management services contract for refinery upgrade
  • 2012 - Refinery expansion project completed

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in the United States
  3. Technip awarded EPCM contract for a major expansion of Valero's refinery in the United States
  4. Valero to Acquire Premcor in $8 Billion Transaction
  5. Air Products To Construct Second Integrated Hydrogen And Cogeneration Plant At Port Arthur, Texas To Supply Premcor