Memphis is a medium sized, medium complexity refinery located on the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee in the US,
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Valero.
The refinery primarily processes light, sweet crude that it receives from the Capline crude oil pipeline.
Complexity: 9.6
Atmospheric distillation - 195 kbpd
RCC - 70 kbpd
Hydrocracker - 27 kbpd
Reformer - 36 kbpd - Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 52 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 39 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 39 kbpd
Alkylation - 13 kbpd - HF acid
Aromatics extraction - 29 kbpd
Hydrogen production - 30 MMscfd
Sulfur plant - 116 t/d
Land - 250 acres
Employees - 310
1941 - Built by Delta Refining
1981 - Acquired by Mapco
1998 - Acquired by Williams
2003 - Acquired by Premcor
2005 - Acquired by Valero
2010 - Aromatics extraction added
2012 - Hydrogen plant added
2013 - Hydrocracker added an distillate hydrotreater shut down