Valero's Port Arthur refinery is a very large, high conversion refinery located on the Ship Channel in Port Arthur, Texas in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Valero.
The refinery processes heavy sour crude.
Complexity: 9.9
Atmospheric distillation - 415 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 220 kbpd
Coker - 103 kbpd
FCC - 75 kbpd
Hydrocracker - 135 kbpd
Reformer - 55 kbpd - Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 49 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 33 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 105 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 62 kbpd
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 85 kbpd
Alkylation - 20 kbpd - HF acid
Pet coke - 32 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 1490 t/d
Land - 4000 acres
Employees - 850
1901 - Built by Gulf Refining
1984 - Acquired by Chevron
1995 - Acquired by Clark
1999 - Acquired by Blackstone and Occidental
2000 - Changed name to Premcor
2001 - Coker and hydrocracker added
2004 - Distillate hydrotreating expanded
2005 - Acquired by Valero
2007 - Crude and vacuum expanded
2008 - C4 isomerization shut down
2012 - Second hydrocracker and saturated gas plant added
2023 - Added new coker (55 kbpd) and sulfur plant. $975MM project. Wood SYDEC coker technology.
2025 - Building an adjacent renweable diesel plant (50% SAF potential) with capacity of 30 kbpd. Part of Diamond Green JV with Darling Ingredients.