Valero Houston Refinery - Revision history

Abarrelfull: /* Products Produced */

2020-03-08T15:16:36Z

Products Produced

Abarrelfull at 15:15, 8 March 2020

2020-03-08T15:15:11Z

Abarrelfull: Created page with "Summary Information Ownership: Valero Website: http://www.valero.com/ List of Valero Refineries Location: Houston, Texas Capacity: 7.25 million tons/annum & 145,000 bbl/day Ne..."

2020-03-02T08:49:23Z

Created page with "Summary Information Ownership: Valero Website: http://www.valero.com/ List of Valero Refineries Location: Houston, Texas Capacity: 7.25 million tons/annum & 145,000 bbl/day Ne..."

New page

Summary Information
Ownership: Valero
Website: http://www.valero.com/
List of Valero Refineries
Location: Houston, Texas
Capacity: 7.25 million tons/annum & 145,000 bbl/day
Nelson Complexity:
Refining Depth:
Brief Description
The refinery is a mid-sized plant with a total throughput capacity of 145,000 barrels per day (BPD) and produces a wide range of petroleum products.
Refining Units
Atmospheric Distillation - 145,000
Vacuum Distillation Unit - 38,000
Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 65,000
Catalytic Reformer - 60,600
Solvent Deasphalting - 18,000
Alkylation Unit
Desulpurisation
Naphtha - 9,000
Gasoline - 30,300
Jet Fuel - 12,000
Terminal Capacity
Crude Oil:
Refined Products:
Crude Supply
The refinery imports crude from Saudi Arabia & Iraq
Products Produced
fuel gas, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel, sulfur, No. 2 fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), propylene, vacuum gas oil, No. 6 fuel oil and iso-octene
Ongoing Projects
-
Other Information
-
History
1943 - Refinery Commissioned
1997 - Refinery acquired with the purchase of Basis Petroleum
2003 - Completed an initial energy efficiency project
Relevant Links
Refinery Webpage
Valero: Houston Refinery Uses Plant-Wide Assessment to Develop an Energy Optimization and Management System
Valero Energy Strategy

@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 === Products Produced ===
 * fuel gas, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel, sulfur, No. 2 fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), propylene, vacuum gas oil, No. 6 fuel oil and iso-octene
-* The refinery has access to major product pipelines including Colonial, TEPPCO, Orion and Explorer
+* The refinery has access to major product pipelines including [[Colonial Oil Products Pipeline]], TEPPCO, Orion and [[Explorer Oil Products Pipeline]]
 === Projects ===
+-

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-Summary Information
+=== Summary Information ===
-Ownership: Valero
+* Ownership: Valero
-Website: http://www.valero.com/
+* Website: http://www.valero.com/
-List of Valero Refineries
+* List of [[Valero Refineries]]
-Location: Houston, Texas
+* Location: Houston, Texas
-Capacity: 7.25 million tons/annum & 145,000 bbl/day
+* Capacity: 7.25 million tons/annum & 145,000 bbl/day
-Nelson Complexity:
+* Nelson Complexity:
-Refining Depth:
+* Refining Depth:
-Brief Description
+=== Brief Description ===
-The refinery is a mid-sized plant with a total throughput capacity of 145,000 barrels per day (BPD) and produces a wide range of petroleum products.
+* The refinery is a mid-sized plant with a total throughput capacity of 145,000 barrels per day (BPD) and produces a wide range of petroleum products.
-Refining Units
+=== Refining Units ===
-Atmospheric Distillation - 145,000
+* Atmospheric Distillation - 145,000
-Vacuum Distillation Unit - 38,000
+* Vacuum Distillation Unit - 38,000
-Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 65,000
+* Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 65,000
-Catalytic Reformer - 60,600
+* Catalytic Reformer - 60,600
-Solvent Deasphalting - 18,000
+* Solvent Deasphalting - 18,000
-Alkylation Unit
+* Alkylation Unit
-Desulpurisation
+* Desulpurisation
-Naphtha - 9,000
+** Naphtha - 9,000
-Gasoline - 30,300
+** Gasoline - 30,300
-Jet Fuel - 12,000
+** Jet Fuel - 12,000
-Terminal Capacity
+=== Terminal Capacity ===
-Crude Oil:
+* Crude Oil:
-Refined Products:
+* Refined Products:
-Crude Supply
+=== Crude Supply ===
-The refinery imports crude from Saudi Arabia & Iraq
+* The refinery imports crude from Saudi Arabia & Iraq
-Products Produced
+=== Products Produced ===
-fuel gas, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel, sulfur, No. 2 fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), propylene, vacuum gas oil, No. 6 fuel oil and iso-octene
+* fuel gas, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel, sulfur, No. 2 fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), propylene, vacuum gas oil, No. 6 fuel oil and iso-octene
-Ongoing Projects
+* The refinery has access to major product pipelines including Colonial, TEPPCO, Orion and Explorer
+-
-Other Information
+=== Other Information ===
+-
-History
+=== History ===
-- Refinery Commissioned
+* 1943 - Refinery Commissioned
-- Refinery acquired with the purchase of Basis Petroleum
+* 1997 - Refinery acquired with the purchase of Basis Petroleum
-- Completed an initial energy efficiency project
+* 2003 - Completed an initial energy efficiency project
-Relevant Links
+* 2016 - Completed a new crude unit with a capacity of 90,000 barrels per day
-Refinery Webpage
+=== Links ===
-Valero: Houston Refinery Uses Plant-Wide Assessment to Develop an Energy Optimization and Management System
+# [https://www.valero.com/en-us/Pages/Houston.aspx Refinery Webpage]
-Valero Energy Strategy
+# [http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/bestpractices/pdfs/valero.pdf Valero: Houston Refinery Uses Plant-Wide Assessment to Develop an Energy Optimization and Management System]