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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

Operating PADD3 petrochemical feedstocks
Aerial view of the site Imagery: USDA, USGS The National Map (public domain)
bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
471,200
pipelines it injects into
2
delivery points reachable
92
terminals on those points
411
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

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DirectionModeRoutePoint / originProductsSource
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
products out pipeline Colonial Pipeline
A 2000 FERC order explicitly states: 'The next origin on Colonial is at Lake Charles, Louisiana where Colonial receives product from Conoco's Westlake refinery and CITGO's Lake Charles refinery.' Direct, explicit confirmation.		 Lake Charles origin 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.		 refinery dock gasoline distillate petrochemical feedstocks source
products out truck rack CITGO Petroleum Corporation - Lake Charles Truck Loading Facility
Company-named on-site truck rack -- direct company asset.		 at refinery gasoline distillate inferred
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

Pipeline reach

Where this refinery’s product can go by published tariff route from the points it injects at — what an outage here would touch.
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PipelineInjects atDelivery pointsTerminalsLowest ¢/bblMedian ¢/bbl
Colonial Pipeline
Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish) same city
68 380 67.59 149.08
Explorer Pipeline
Port Neches (Jefferson County, TX) per research
24 31 100.30 285.10

Substitutes

Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.

Colonial Pipeline

Events

Outages, fires, turnarounds, sales and closures — newest first.
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.