Meraux is a medium sized, medium complexity refinery located on the Mississippi River, southeast of New Orleans in Meraux, Louisiana in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Valero.
The refinery processes a mixture of medium sour and light sweet crude oil.
The refinery is connect to LOOP by pipeline.
Complexity: 7.9
Atmospheric distillation - 130 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 60 kbpd
Solvent deasphalting - 22 kbpd - Kerr McGee ROSE technology. 3-stage unit. Uses nC5 and nC4 solvent. Produces FCC feed and solid fuel.
Hydrocracker - 49 kbpd
Reformer - 32 kbpd - Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 40 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 15 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 40 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 224 t/d
Land - 550 acres
1920s - Built
1950s - Acquired by Ingram Oil
1961 - Acquired by Murphy
1983 - ROSE unit added
1990 - ROSE unit expanded
2003 - ROSE unit destroyed by fire
2003 - Expansion with addition of new hydrocracker
2004 - SDA unit added
2008 - Asphalt plant shut down
2011 - Acquired by Valero
2014 - FCC (38 kbpd) and HF alkylation unit (7 kbpd) shut down
2016 - VGO hydrotreater shut down