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Fast Facts
The refinery has had over $2 billion in upgrades over the past several years
Total feedstock throughput capacity of 260,000 barrels per day (BPD)
Products include gasoline, diesel and heating oil
Employs approximately 550 individuals
Overview
Valero acquired the St. Charles refinery on July 1, 2003, and is benefiting from over $2 billion in investments in the plant over the past few years. In the last two years, Valero has invested a total of $302 million, which has made the plant one of the most complex refineries in the nation with a Nelson Complexity rating of 11.6, which is well above the average U.S. refinery.
These investments enabled the plant to process additional heavy feedstocks, increase throughput capacity, upgrade its product yields and improve on-stream reliability.
Output
This versatile high-conversion facility has the ability to process heavy and sour crude oils into a high percentage of light products. Approximately 74 percent of the refinery’s product slate is gasoline, distillates and other light products.
Major refinery units include:
190,000-BPD crude distillation unit
200,000-BPD vacuum unit
100,000-BPD fluid catalytic cracking unit
48,000-BPD distillate hydrotreater
35,000-BPD gas oil hydrotreater
70,000-BPD delayed coker unit
36,000-BPD naphtha hydrotreater
25,000-BPD continuous catalytic regenerating reformer
13,000-BPD alkylation unit
12,000-BPD heavy cat gasoline hydrotreater
Location/Access
The St. Charles refinery sits on nearly 1,000 acres adjacent to the Mississippi River. This location, approximately 15 miles from New Orleans, is situated along key feedstock and product transportation corridors. The refinery has access to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) where it can receive crude oil via a 24-inch pipeline or over five marine docks along the Mississippi River. Finished products can be shipped over these docks or by pipeline into either the Plantation or Colonial pipeline networks for distribution to the eastern seaboard of the United States.
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Belle Chasse Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Belle Chasse, Louisiana 250,000 -- offline
Chalmette Refinery (ExxonMobil), Chalmette, Louisiana 183,000 bpd
Convent Refinery (Motiva Enterprises), Convent, Louisiana 255,000 bpd -- offline
Cotton Valley Refinery (Calumet Lubricants), Cotton Valley, Louisiana 13,000 bpd
Garyville Refinery (Marathon Ashland Petroleum), near Garyville, Louisiana 245,000 bpd
Krotz Springs Refinery (Valero), Krotz Springs, Louisiana 85,000 bpd
Lake Charles Refinery (Citgo), Lake Charles, Louisiana 425,000 -- operating
Lake Charles Refinery (Calcasieu Refining), Lake Charles, Louisiana 30,000 bpd
Meraux Refinery (Murphy Oil), Meraux, Louisiana 125,000 bpd -- offline
Norco Refinery (Motiva Enterprises), Norco, Louisiana 242,000 bpd -- offline
Port Allen Refinery (Placid Refining), Port Allen, Louisiana 48,500 bpd
Princeton Refinery (Calumet Lubricants), Princeton, Louisiana 8,300 bpd
Shreveport Refinery (Calumet Lubricants), Shreveport, Louisiana 35,000 bpd
St. Charles Refinery (Valero), Norco, Louisiana 260,000 bpd -- offline
Westlake Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Westlake, Louisiana 247,000 -- operating
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