Fuels refinery
Calcasieu Refining Company
Calcasieu Refining Company · Transworld Oil USA Inc. · Lake Charles, LA
PADD3 IRS refinery no. R-00-LA-0236
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 135,500
- pipelines it injects into
- 1
- delivery points reachable
- 68
- terminals on those points
- 302
- terminals reachable by barge
- 40
- events on record
- 4
Capability
Crude distillation 135,500 bpd operable, 135,500 operating (EIA-820, as of 2026-01-01). Downstream units below, barrels per calendar day.
Upgrading
| Vacuum distillation | 36,000 sd |
Crude slate
Crude grades and source regions are not documented.
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude in | marine | Calcasieu Refining Co. Wharf The company owns a wharf at Lake Charles used for receipt and shipment of crude oil and petroleum products. NOAA Coast Pilot 5 lists 725 ft of berthing space and 17 ft depth alongside, which makes it a barge berth and not a deep-draft tanker berth. Crude grades and source regions are not stated. |
Not stated | crude | source |
| crude in | truck | Crude truck unloading rack at the refinery A 2021 plant description says the refinery has truck rack facilities to receive crude oil. Origins are not stated. |
Not stated | crude | source |
| products out | truck rack | Calcasieu Refining Company - Lake Charles (on-site rack/terminal) Company-named on-site facility -- direct company asset. |
at refinery | gasoline distillate | inferred |
| products out | barge | Calcasieu Refining Co. Wharf NOAA Coast Pilot 5 lists the wharf for receipt and shipment of crude oil and petroleum products, owned by Calcasieu Refining Co. A 2021 plant description says the refinery operates barge docks for loading refinery products, and lists naphtha, jet fuel, kerosene, distillate blend stock, low-sulfur vacuum gas oil and vacuum resid as its products. |
Company wharf on the Calcasieu River at Lake Charles, listed under Haymark Terminal | naphtha jet fuel distillate | source |
| products out | pipeline | Colonial Pipeline Colonial's Lake Charles origin point is documented (per a 2000 FERC order) as receiving product from Conoco's Westlake refinery and CITGO's Lake Charles refinery; Calcasieu Refining was not separately named in that specific FERC excerpt, but as a third Lake Charles-area refiner it is plausible it also injects at the same Colonial origin. Not independently confirmed for Calcasieu specifically. |
Lake Charles origin | gasoline distillate | source |
Docks
The docks at this facility and, where a ship agent or port publishes it, the largest vessel each berth takes. Channel conditions change; these figures are a guide, not clearance to sail.
Calcasieu Refining Co. Wharf · crude in, products out
- Receipt and shipment of crude oil and petroleum products.
- Owned by Calcasieu Refining Co.
- Berthing space 725 ft. Depth alongside 17 ft. Deck height 6 ft.
- Listed under the Haymark Terminal heading at 30°08'08"N, 93°19'16"W, next to the Shell Pipeline Haymarket Terminal Wharf.
- At 17 ft alongside this is a barge dock. No maximum draft, length, beam or deadweight limit is published.
Source: NOAA Coast Pilot 5, read 2026-10-11.
Pipeline reach
| Pipeline | Injects at | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Pipeline |
Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish) per research
|
68 | 302 | 67.59 | 149.08 |
By water
| Waterway | Terminals | Nearest mi | Farthest mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcasieu Ship Channel | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 13 | 38 | 387 |
| Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 2 | 84 | 86 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Galveston Bay | 1 | 104 | 104 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Houston Ship Channel | 1 | 110 | 110 |
| Lower Mississippi River / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 1 | 139 | 139 |
| Victoria Barge Canal / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 1 | 238 | 238 |
| Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 12 | 307 | 317 |
| Gulf ICW | 3 | 358 | 365 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 3 | 375 | 376 |
All 40 barge-reachable terminals
| Terminal | Location | Supplied by barge on | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Energy Services - Lake Charles Dock | Lake Charles, LA | Calcasieu Ship Channel | 2 |
| Central Crude - Gillis English Bayou Terminal | Lake Charles, LA | Calcasieu Ship Channel | 15 |
| CITGO - Lake Charles | Lake Charles, LA | Calcasieu Ship Channel | 23 |
| Port Neches Terminal | Port Neches, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Matagorda Bay) | 38 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Gueydan, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Gueydan / Vermilion Parish) | 42 |
| Breaux Bridge Terminal | Breau Bridge, LA | Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 84 |
| Anse La Butte | Breau Bridge, LA | Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 86 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Galveston, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Galveston Bay | 104 |
| Five Star Fuels | Baldwin, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Baldwin / Bayou Teche corridor) | 109 |
| OILTANKING TEXAS CITY LP | Texas City, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Houston Ship Channel | 110 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Amelia, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Amelia / Bayou Boeuf) | 136 |
| IMTT - Geismar | Geismar, LA | Lower Mississippi River / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 139 |
| CITGO - Victoria | Victoria, TX | Victoria Barge Canal / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 238 |
| Martin Operating Partnership | Aransas Pass, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Corpus Christi area) | 267 |
| Bay Ltd. Redfish Bay Terminal | Aransas Pass, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 279 |
| Martin Energy Services LLC | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 307 |
| Center Point Chickasaw LLC - Chicksaw North Terminal | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 316 |
| Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company | Chickasaw, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| Barcliff LLC | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| Plains Marketing Terminal / Eott Energy | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| Dunhill Terminals | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| Zenith Energy US - Mobile Terminal | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company Chickasaw | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| Radcliff/Economy Marine Services - Mobile North | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| Midstream Fuel Services, Incorporated - Martin Company | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| Alabama Bulk Terminal LLC | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| Barcliff d/b/a/ Radcliff Economy Marine Services | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| Mocar Oil | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 358 |
| TransMontaigne - Pensacola | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 364 |
| Transmontaigne Partners L.p. - Pensacola Terminal | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 365 |
| Port Isabel Logistical Offshore Terminal | Port Isabel, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Lower Laguna Madre) | 368 |
| Titan Fuel Terminals | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 375 |
| NuStar Logistics, L.P. - Harlingen, TX | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 376 |
| Port Harlingen Terminal | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen (Arroyo Colorado) | 376 |
| Titan Fuel Terminal | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Harlingen) | 376 |
| ABC Gulf Coast Terminal | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Brownsville) | 380 |
| CITGO - Brownsville | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 380 |
| TransMontaigne - SouthWest | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 380 |
| Brownsville Terminal | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Brownsville) | 381 |
| Bluewing One | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 387 |
Substitutes
Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.
Colonial Pipeline
- Motiva Enterprises LLC · Port Arthur, TX 656,400 bpd
- Marathon Petroleum CO LP · Galveston Bay, TX 631,000 bpd
- Marathon Petroleum CO LP · Garyville, LA 617,000 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Beaumont, TX 612,000 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Baytown, TX 564,500 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Baton Rouge, LA 523,500 bpd
- Citgo Petroleum Corp · Lake Charles, LA 471,200 bpd
- Premcor Refining Group INC · Port Arthur, TX 385,000 bpd
- Deer Park Refining LP · Deer Park, TX 312,500 bpd
- Phillips 66 Company · Linden, NJ 275,000 bpd
- Phillips 66 Company · Westlake, LA 263,700 bpd
- Totalenergies Petrochem & Refg USA · Port Arthur, TX 238,000 bpd
- Shell Oil Products Us · Norco, LA 231,153 bpd
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Texas City, TX 225,000 bpd
- Valero Refining New Orleans LLC · Norco, LA 215,000 bpd
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Houston, TX 205,000 bpd
- Chalmette Refining LLC · Chalmette, LA 190,000 bpd
- Paulsboro Refining CO LLC · Paulsboro, NJ 160,000 bpd
- Valero Refining - Meraux LLC · Meraux, LA 125,000 bpd
- Pasadena Refining Systems INC · Pasadena, TX 118,750 bpd
- Alon Refining Krotz Springs INC · Krotz Springs, LA 80,000 bpd
- Placid Refining CO · Port Allen, LA 75,000 bpd
- Hunt Refining CO · Tuscaloosa, AL 50,000 bpd
Events
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2024-07-18
outage
Unplanned shutdown after an Entergy substation (Vincent) failure caused a power loss and subsequent excessive flaring during restart attempts; refinery expected offline about a week. source
-
2023-09-05
outage
Refinery restarted after a roughly 3-month shutdown following the June 2023 fires (initial restart estimate slipped from ~2 months to mid/late August, actual restart Sept. 5). source
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2023-06-17
fire
Second flash fire during dismantling of the damaged tank; one-mile shelter-in-place issued and lifted same day; no injuries. source
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2023-06-03
fire
Lightning strike ignited a naphtha storage tank (~46,000 bbl in the tank at time of fire; the tank itself was part of a ~1-million-barrel crude storage tank system that was later demolished and replaced); no injuries. Refinery shut down. source
Rates are pipeline line-haul transcribed from published FERC tariffs; every figure cites its tariff and item. Cost to serve (netback) adds origin spot price and destination fees. "Confirmed" links match a tariff delivery point to the facility; "same city" means the point is in the facility's city — plausible, not proof; "per research" means the facility's research profile names the pipeline as an outlet.