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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
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* 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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1901 - Refinery commissioned
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=== History ===
2005 - Premcor signes agreement with Air Products for supply of hydrogen
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* 1901 - Refinery commissioned
2005 - One of four refineries acquired in the purchase of Premcor
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* 2000 - Delayed coker constructed
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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* 2005 - Premcor signs agreement with Air Products for supply of hydrogen
2008 - Fluor awarded engineering, procurement, construction and construction management services contract for refinery upgrade
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* 2005 - One of four refineries acquired in the purchase of Premcor
Relevant Links
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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
Refinery Webpage
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* 2008 - Fluor awarded engineering, procurement, construction and construction management services contract for refinery upgrade
Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in the United States
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* 2012 - Refinery expansion project completed
Technip awarded EPCM contract for a major expansion of Valero's refinery in the United States
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Air Products To Construct Second Integrated Hydrogen And Cogeneration Plant At Port Arthur, Texas To Supply Premcor
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=== Links ===
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# [https://www.valero.com/en-us/Pages/PortArthur.aspx Refinery Webpage]
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# [[Foster Wheeler Delayed Cokers]]
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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]
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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]]

Latest revision as of 12:18, 30 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

Other Information

History

  • 1901 - Refinery commissioned
  • 2000 - Delayed coker constructed
  • 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. Foster Wheeler Delayed Cokers
  3. Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in the United States
  4. Technip awarded EPCM contract for a major expansion of Valero's refinery in the United States
  5. Valero to Acquire Premcor in $8 Billion Transaction
  6. Air Products To Construct Second Integrated Hydrogen And Cogeneration Plant At Port Arthur, Texas To Supply Premcor