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| − | Summary Information | + | === Summary Information === |
| − | Ownership: Valero | + | * Ownership: Valero |
| − | Website: http://www.valero.com/ | + | * Website: http://www.valero.com/ |
| − | Company Refineries: Valero Refineries | + | * Company Refineries: [[Valero Refineries]] |
| − | Location: Texas City, Texas, USA | + | * Location: Texas City, Texas, USA |
| − | Capacity: 12.5 million tons/annum & 243,000 bbl/day | + | * Capacity: 12.5 million tons/annum & 243,000 bbl/day |
| − | Nelson Complexity: | + | * Nelson Complexity: 11.6 |
| − | Refining Depth: | + | * Refining Depth: |
| − | Brief Description | + | === Brief Description === |
| + | * The Valero Texas City Refinery is located on the Texas City Ship Channel, approximately 40 miles southeast of Houston. With several recent upgrading projects, the refinery provides significant feedstock flexibility and product diversity to Valero's Gulf Coast operations | ||
| + | === Refining Units === | ||
| + | * Atmospheric Distillation | ||
| + | * delayed coker - 45,000 BPD | ||
| + | * Gasoline desulfurization unit - 53,000 BPD | ||
| + | === Terminal Capacity === | ||
| + | * Crude Oil: | ||
| + | * Refined Products: | ||
| + | === Crude Supply === | ||
| + | * The refinery processes heavy and sour crudes, mostly from Mexico | ||
| + | === Products Produced === | ||
| + | * Produces a wide range of petroleum products including fuel gas, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, No. 2 fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), propylene and No. 6 fuel oil | ||
| + | * Access to the [[Colonial Oil Products Pipeline]], [[Explorer Oil Products Pipeline]] and [[Texas Eastern Products Pipeline, TEPPCO]] for distributing refined products | ||
| + | === Projects === | ||
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| − | + | === History === | |
| − | - | + | * 1908 - Refinery commissioned |
| − | + | * 1996 - Gas oil hydrotreater and residual oil solvent extraction units were commissioned | |
| − | - | + | * 1997 - Valero acquired the refinery |
| − | + | * 2002 - Foster Wheeler Awarded Delayed Coker Contract | |
| − | 1997 - Valero acquired the refinery | + | * 2003 - Completion of an upgrading and expansion project that increased the plant's total refining capacity from 165,000 barrels per day (BPD) to 243,000 BPD |
| − | 2002 - Foster Wheeler Awarded Delayed Coker Contract | + | === Links === |
| − | 2003 - | + | # [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:foster-wheeler-is-awarded-a-275-million-delayed-coke Foster Wheeler is Awarded a $275 Million Delayed Coker Contract by Valero Refining] |
| − | + | # [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:valero-celebrates-expansion-and-future-of-texas-city Valero Celebrates Expansion and Future of Texas City Refinery] | |
| − | Foster Wheeler is Awarded a $275 Million Delayed Coker Contract by Valero Refining | + | |
| − | Valero Celebrates Expansion and Future of Texas City Refinery | + | [[Category:Refinery]] |
| + | [[Category:USA]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Valero]] | ||
Revision as of 10:47, 11 March 2020
Contents
Summary Information
- Ownership: Valero
- Website: http://www.valero.com/
- Company Refineries: Valero Refineries
- Location: Texas City, Texas, USA
- Capacity: 12.5 million tons/annum & 243,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity: 11.6
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- The Valero Texas City Refinery is located on the Texas City Ship Channel, approximately 40 miles southeast of Houston. With several recent upgrading projects, the refinery provides significant feedstock flexibility and product diversity to Valero's Gulf Coast operations
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- delayed coker - 45,000 BPD
- Gasoline desulfurization unit - 53,000 BPD
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery processes heavy and sour crudes, mostly from Mexico
Products Produced
- Produces a wide range of petroleum products including fuel gas, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, No. 2 fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), propylene and No. 6 fuel oil
- Access to the Colonial Oil Products Pipeline, Explorer Oil Products Pipeline and Texas Eastern Products Pipeline, TEPPCO for distributing refined products
Projects
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Other Information
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History
- 1908 - Refinery commissioned
- 1996 - Gas oil hydrotreater and residual oil solvent extraction units were commissioned
- 1997 - Valero acquired the refinery
- 2002 - Foster Wheeler Awarded Delayed Coker Contract
- 2003 - Completion of an upgrading and expansion project that increased the plant's total refining capacity from 165,000 barrels per day (BPD) to 243,000 BPD
