Fuels refinery
CITGO Lake Charles Refinery
CITGO Petroleum Corporation · PDV Holding, Inc. (subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA) -- undergoing a court-ordered change of control; see ownership_notes. · Lake Charles, LA
PADD3 IRS refinery no. R-72-LA-0055
petrochemical feedstocks
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 471,200
- pipelines it injects into
- 2
- delivery points reachable
- 92
- terminals on those points
- 335
- terminals reachable by barge
- 40
- events on record
- 4
Capability
Crude distillation 471,200 bpd operable, 471,200 operating (EIA-820, as of 2026-01-01). Downstream units below, barrels per calendar day.
Conversion — makes gasoline and diesel from heavier oil
| Catalytic cracking (FCC) | 135,000 |
| Hydrocracking — gas oil | 49,000 |
| Delayed coking | 105,000 |
Upgrading
| Catalytic reforming — low pressure | 58,000 |
| Catalytic reforming — high pressure | 48,000 |
| Vacuum distillation | 241,000 sd |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — diesel | 103,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — kerosene & jet | 70,300 sd |
| Hydrotreating — gasoline | 85,400 sd |
| Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed | 135,000 sd |
Production capacity
Alkylates · 28,100
Aromatics · 32,000
Isomerization isopentane isohexane · 32,000
Petcoke market · 32,820
Sulfur short tons day · 717
Crude slate
Diverse crude slate; the 2026 depentanizer project is explicitly aimed at increasing the refinery's ability to process US domestic light (Permian-type) crude, implying the historical slate skewed toward heavier/waterborne imported grades.
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude in | marine | Calcasieu Ship Channel deepwater dock The refinery is built on 2,000 acres along the Calcasieu Ship Channel; CITGO's own 2026 press release states the refinery is 'strategically positioned to receive and process a diverse slate of crude oils... through pipelines, marine access and other logistics channels.' |
waterborne crude imports | crude | source |
| crude in | pipeline | CITGO Pipeline Company Sour Lake Crude Pipeline System CITGO Pipeline Company's tariff FERC No. 71.20.0, effective July 1, 2025, carries crude from Sour Lake Station to Pecan Grove, Calcasieu Parish, CITGO's tank farm beside the refinery. The company's 2022 tariff index lists interchanges at Sour Lake with Permian Express Pipeline, Sunoco Pipeline (Millennium system) and Marketlink Pipeline (TC Energy). |
Sour Lake Station, Hardin County, Texas | crude | source |
| crude in | marine | Clifton Ridge Tanker Dock CITGO Pipeline Company's tariff FERC No. 74.11.0, effective July 1, 2025, carries crude from the Clifton Ridge Tanker Dock to Clifton Ridge tankage and to Pecan Grove. |
Waterborne crude over the Clifton Ridge dock on the Calcasieu Ship Channel | crude | source |
| crude in | pipeline | CITGO Pipeline Company, Clifton Ridge heated storage to CITGO Refinery Tariff FERC No. 72.11.0, effective July 1, 2025, carries crude between Clifton Ridge heated storage and the CITGO Refinery. It is the one CITGO Pipeline tariff that names the refinery itself as a point. The 2022 tariff index also lists an interchange with Bayou Bridge Pipeline at Clifton Ridge; the direction is not stated. |
Clifton Ridge heated storage, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana | crude | source |
| crude in | pipeline | CITGO Pipeline Company, Texaco Junction to Clifton Ridge Tariff FERC No. 75.12.0, effective July 1, 2025, carries crude from Texaco Junction to CITGO Pipeline's Clifton Ridge terminal. The source of the crude arriving at Texaco Junction is not stated. |
Texaco Junction, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, where the tariff index lists an interchange with Shell Pipeline | crude | source |
| products out | pipeline | Colonial Pipeline A 2000 FERC order says Colonial receives product from CITGO's Lake Charles refinery at its Lake Charles origin through a connection with the shipper-owned Lake Charles pipeline. The tie is over that connecting line, not a direct plant connection. |
Colonial's Lake Charles origin, reached through the shipper-owned Lake Charles Pipeline | gasoline distillate | source |
| products out | pipeline | Explorer Pipeline Explorer Pipeline's well-documented origin points are in the Houston/Pasadena, TX area running north to Tulsa/Chicago; no source reviewed this session confirms a Lake Charles, LA origin or injection point onto Explorer. Treat as unconfirmed pending direct verification. |
unclear -- see notes | gasoline distillate | inferred |
| products out | marine | Calcasieu Ship Channel / Gulf ICW barge Consistent with the refinery's ship-channel frontage; CITGO's own materials describe marine access as part of its logistics. Moran Shipping lists CITGO B, C and D docks at Westlake with vessel limits. The berth pages do not state what each dock handles. |
refinery docks (CITGO B, C and D docks, Westlake) | gasoline distillate petrochemical feedstocks | source |
| products out | truck rack | CITGO - Lake Charles (IRS terminal T-72-LA-2368) The IRS active fuel terminals list dated August 30, 2026 shows one CITGO terminal at Lake Charles, T-72-LA-2368, at the road junction where the refinery stands. Operator is CITGO Petroleum Corporation. The products loaded at the rack are not stated in the list. |
at refinery, Cities Service Hwy and LA Hwy 108, Lake Charles, LA 70601 | gasoline distillate | source |
| products out | pipeline | CITGO Pipeline Company - Pecan Grove Tank Farm Company-named CITGO-affiliated tank farm -- direct company asset; CITGO's own materials note it 'wholly and/or jointly owns... eight pipelines' among its logistics assets. |
at/near refinery | 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.
CITGO 'B' Dock
| Berth | Max draft | Max length | Max beam | Air draft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 40 ft | 700 ft | 106 ft | – |
- Owner: CITGO Petroleum Corporation.
- 1 Ron Hall Drive, Westlake, LA 70669.
- Slops discharge available.
- The berth page does not state what moves over the dock or a deadweight limit.
Source: Moran Shipping Agencies berth page, read 2026-10-10.
CITGO 'C' Dock
| Berth | Max draft | Max length | Max beam | Air draft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 40 ft | 1000 ft | 150 ft | – |
- Owner: CITGO Petroleum Corporation.
- 1 Ron Hall Drive, Westlake, LA 70669.
- Largest of the refinery berths. Slops discharge available; shore gangway.
- The berth page does not state what moves over the dock or a deadweight limit.
Source: Moran Shipping Agencies berth page, read 2026-10-10.
CITGO 'D' Dock
| Berth | Max draft | Max length | Max beam | Air draft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 32 ft | 700 ft | 110 ft | – |
- Owner: CITGO Petroleum Corporation.
- 1 Ron Hall Drive, Westlake, LA 70669.
- One 8-inch cargo hose connection.
- The page gives the berth's maximum draft as 32 ft and also states a maximum channel draft of 40 ft.
- The berth page does not state what moves over the dock or a deadweight limit.
Source: Moran Shipping Agencies berth page, read 2026-10-10.
Citgo Clifton Ridge (Clifton Ridge Tanker Dock) · crude in
| Berth | Max draft | Max length | Max beam | Air draft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Ridge | 37 ft | 1000 ft | 175 ft | – |
- Terminal owner: CITGO Pipeline Company.
- 2451 Clifton Ridge Road, Sulphur, LA.
- CITGO Pipeline tariff FERC No. 74.11.0 carries crude from the Clifton Ridge Tanker Dock to Clifton Ridge tankage and to Pecan Grove.
- Crude is also loaded to barges at Clifton Ridge; the tariffs set a barge loading charge of 18.0 cents a barrel.
- A separate berth from Phillips 66's Clifton Ridge dock.
- No deadweight limit is given.
Source: Moran Shipping Agencies berth page; CITGO Pipeline Company tariff FERC No. 74.11.0, read 2026-10-10.
Pipeline reach
| Pipeline | Injects at | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Pipeline |
Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish) per research
|
68 | 300 | 67.59 | 149.08 |
| Explorer Pipeline |
Port Neches (Jefferson County, TX) per research
|
24 | 35 | 100.30 | 285.10 |
By water
| Waterway | Terminals | Nearest mi | Farthest mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcasieu Ship Channel | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 13 | 39 | 389 |
| Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 2 | 85 | 86 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Galveston Bay | 1 | 105 | 105 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Houston Ship Channel | 1 | 111 | 111 |
| Lower Mississippi River / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 1 | 139 | 139 |
| Victoria Barge Canal / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 1 | 239 | 239 |
| Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 12 | 308 | 318 |
| Gulf ICW | 3 | 358 | 366 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 3 | 377 | 378 |
All 40 barge-reachable terminals
| Terminal | Location | Supplied by barge on | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Energy Services - Lake Charles Dock | Lake Charles, LA | Calcasieu Ship Channel | 5 |
| Central Crude - Gillis English Bayou Terminal | Lake Charles, LA | Calcasieu Ship Channel | 14 |
| CITGO - Lake Charles | Lake Charles, LA | Calcasieu Ship Channel | 20 |
| Port Neches Terminal | Port Neches, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Matagorda Bay) | 39 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Gueydan, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Gueydan / Vermilion Parish) | 43 |
| Breaux Bridge Terminal | Breau Bridge, LA | Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 85 |
| Anse La Butte | Breau Bridge, LA | Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 86 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Galveston, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Galveston Bay | 105 |
| Five Star Fuels | Baldwin, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Baldwin / Bayou Teche corridor) | 110 |
| OILTANKING TEXAS CITY LP | Texas City, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Houston Ship Channel | 111 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Amelia, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Amelia / Bayou Boeuf) | 138 |
| IMTT - Geismar | Geismar, LA | Lower Mississippi River / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 139 |
| CITGO - Victoria | Victoria, TX | Victoria Barge Canal / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 239 |
| Martin Operating Partnership | Aransas Pass, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Corpus Christi area) | 268 |
| Bay Ltd. Redfish Bay Terminal | Aransas Pass, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 281 |
| Martin Energy Services LLC | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 308 |
| Center Point Chickasaw LLC - Chicksaw North Terminal | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 317 |
| 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 | 318 |
| Zenith Energy US - Mobile Terminal | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 318 |
| Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company Chickasaw | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 318 |
| Midstream Fuel Services, Incorporated - Martin Company | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 318 |
| Radcliff/Economy Marine Services - Mobile North | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 318 |
| Alabama Bulk Terminal LLC | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 318 |
| Barcliff d/b/a/ Radcliff Economy Marine Services | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 318 |
| Mocar Oil | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 358 |
| TransMontaigne - Pensacola | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 365 |
| Transmontaigne Partners L.p. - Pensacola Terminal | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 366 |
| Port Isabel Logistical Offshore Terminal | Port Isabel, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Lower Laguna Madre) | 370 |
| Titan Fuel Terminals | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 377 |
| NuStar Logistics, L.P. - Harlingen, TX | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 378 |
| Port Harlingen Terminal | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen (Arroyo Colorado) | 378 |
| Titan Fuel Terminal | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Harlingen) | 378 |
| ABC Gulf Coast Terminal | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Brownsville) | 382 |
| CITGO - Brownsville | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 382 |
| TransMontaigne - SouthWest | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 382 |
| Brownsville Terminal | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Brownsville) | 383 |
| Bluewing One | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 389 |
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
- 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
- Calcasieu Refining CO · Lake Charles, LA 135,500 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
Explorer Pipeline
- Motiva Enterprises LLC · Port Arthur, TX 656,400 bpd
- Marathon Petroleum CO LP · Galveston Bay, TX 631,000 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Beaumont, TX 612,000 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Baytown, TX 564,500 bpd
- Premcor Refining Group INC · Port Arthur, TX 385,000 bpd
- Wrb Refining LP · Wood River, IL 345,000 bpd
- Totalenergies Petrochem & Refg USA · Port Arthur, TX 238,000 bpd
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Texas City, TX 225,000 bpd
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Houston, TX 205,000 bpd
- Pasadena Refining Systems INC · Pasadena, TX 118,750 bpd
Events
-
2026-09-01
expansion
CITGO took final investment decision on the $310 million Lake Charles Refinery Depentanizer Project (LCRDP) to process more domestic light crude and increase gasoline-blending component production; commissioning targeted for 2029. source
-
2025-12-02
sale
Judge formally approved/finalized the sale order; Venezuela's government rejected the sale and filed an appeal. Amber Energy plans to retain CITGO's refineries (including Lake Charles) rather than divest them; close expected in 2026. source
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2025-11-25
sale
US District Court for the District of Delaware (Judge Leonard P. Stark) approved Amber Energy as acquirer of PDV Holding for ~$5.9 billion. source
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2024-09-27
sale
Amber Energy Inc. (Elliott Investment Management affiliate) selected by the court-appointed Special Master as preferred bidder for PDV Holding (CITGO's parent) in the Delaware court-ordered auction. 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.