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McKee is a large, medium complexity refinery located 45 miles north of Amarillo, Texas in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Valero.
The refinery processes light domestic US crude that it receives by pipeline from West Texas and across the Midwest.
Complexity: 8.0
Atmospheric distillation - 200 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 50 kbpd
Solvent deasphalting - 15 kbpd - Kellogg ROSE technology. Converted from C3 SDA. Revamp adde ROSEMAX separator internals.
FCC - 56 kbpd
Hydrocracker - 30 kbpd
Reformer - 29 kbpd - Continuous
Reformer - 18 kbpd - Semiregen
Naphtha hydrotreater - 44 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 48 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 40 kbpd
Alkylation - 10 kbpd - Sulfuric acid
C4 Isomerization - 3 kbpd
Hydrogen production - 30 MMscfd
Asphalt plant - 12 kpd
Sulfur plant - 75 t/d
Land - 5000 acres
Employees - 475
1933 - Built by Shamrock Oil
1967 - Merged with Diamond to form Diamond Shamrock
2002 - Acquired by Valero
2006 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added
2012 - Hydrogen plant added
2015 - Crude unit expansion (25 kbpd). $140MM project.