CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery
Citgo Refining & Chemical Inc. (CITGO Petroleum Corporation subsidiary) · CITGO Petroleum Corporation, wholly owned (via CITGO Holding Inc.) by PDV Holding, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA). PDV Holding's shares are the subject of a long-running, multi-year U.S. court-ordered auction (District of Delaware) to compensate creditors for Venezuelan debt defaults and asset expropriations. · Corpus Christi, TX
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 165,000
- pipelines it injects into
- 2
- delivery points reachable
- 4
- terminals on those points
- 6
- terminals reachable by barge
- 37
- events on record
- 3
Capability
Crude distillation 165,000 bpd operable, 165,000 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) | 63,900 |
| Delayed coking | 37,200 |
Upgrading
| Catalytic reforming — low pressure | 43,900 |
| Vacuum distillation | 85,300 sd |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — diesel | 102,267 sd |
| Hydrotreating — gasoline | 47,080 sd |
| Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed | 52,800 sd |
| Hydrotreating — heavy gas oil | 70,900 sd |
Production capacity
Crude slate
Not independently documented this session.
Crude in & products out
This refinery hasn’t been researched yet. Its pipeline links below come from tariff origin points.
Pipeline reach
| Pipeline | Injects at | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NuStar Pipeline |
CITGO Refinery, Nueces County
Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') same city
Corpus Christi Terminal same city
Corpus Christi Valero West refinery same city
Corpus Christi Terminal, Nueces County, TX same city
|
4 | 6 | 51.69 | 200.46 |
By water
| Waterway | Terminals | Nearest mi | Farthest mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 13 | 17 | 404 |
| Victoria Barge Canal / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 1 | 74 | 74 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 3 | 111 | 112 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Galveston Bay | 1 | 192 | 192 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Houston Ship Channel | 1 | 204 | 204 |
| Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 2 | 374 | 375 |
| Lower Mississippi River / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 1 | 422 | 422 |
| Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 12 | 590 | 600 |
| Gulf ICW | 3 | 634 | 642 |
All 37 barge-reachable terminals
| Terminal | Location | Supplied by barge on | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Ltd Redfish Bay Terminal | Aransas Pass, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 17 |
| Martin Operating Partnership | Aransas Pass, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Corpus Christi area) | 29 |
| Citgo Petroleum Corporation - Victoria Terminal | Victoria, TX | Victoria Barge Canal / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 74 |
| Titan Fuel Terminals | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 111 |
| Nustar Energy - Harlingen | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 111 |
| Port Harlingen Terminal | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen (Arroyo Colorado) | 112 |
| Titan Fuel Terminal | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Harlingen) | 112 |
| Port Isabel | Port Isabel, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Lower Laguna Madre) | 121 |
| Transmontaigne Product Services Incorporated - Southwest (Brownsville) | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 128 |
| Bluewing One | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 128 |
| US Petroleum Depot (Continental Fuels) | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 128 |
| Co-Owner - Transmontaigne Product Services Incorporated And Citgo - Brownsville | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Brownsville) | 128 |
| Transmontaigne Partners L.p. - Tejano | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Brownsville) | 128 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.p. - Galveston Dock | Galveston, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Galveston Bay | 192 |
| Oil Tanking Texas City | Texas City, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Houston Ship Channel | 204 |
| Martin Energy Services - Port O'connor, Tx Terminal | Port O'connor, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Matagorda Bay) | 259 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Gueydan, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Gueydan / Vermilion Parish) | 327 |
| Breaux Bridge Terminal | Breaux Bridge, LA | Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 374 |
| Anse La Butte Terminal | Breaux Bridge, LA | Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 375 |
| Five Star Fuels | Baldwin, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Baldwin / Bayou Teche corridor) | 383 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Amelia, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Amelia / Bayou Boeuf) | 404 |
| International Matex Tank Terminal (Imtt) - Geisma Facility | Geismar, LA | Lower Mississippi River / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 422 |
| Martin Energy Services | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 590 |
| Barcliff LLC | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Center Point Chickasaw LLC - Chicksaw North Terminal | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Plains Marketing Terminal / Eott Energy | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Radcliff/Economy Marine Services - Mobile North | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Radcliff/Economy Marine Services - Mobile South | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Alabama Bulk Terminal Company LLC Blakeley Island Terminal | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Zenith Energy US - Mobile Terminal | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Dunhill Terminals | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Centerpoint Terminal LLC - Blakeley Terminal | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Midstream Fuel Services, Incorporated - Martin Company | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Center Point Terminal Company - Chickasaw | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 600 |
| Mocar Oil | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 634 |
| Transmontaigne Incorporated | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 641 |
| Transmontaigne Partners L.p. - Pensacola Terminal | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 642 |
Substitutes
Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.
Flint Hills Resources
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Corpus Christi, TX 290,000 bpd
- Flint Hills Resources LP · Corpus Christi West, TX 290,000 bpd
- Flint Hills Resources LP · Corpus Christi East, TX 87,500 bpd
- Buckeye Texas Processing LLC · Corpus Christi, TX 60,000 bpd
- Magellan Processing LP · Corpus Christi, TX 50,000 bpd
NuStar Pipeline
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Baytown, TX 564,500 bpd
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Corpus Christi, TX 290,000 bpd
- Phillips 66 Company · Ponca City, OK 228,000 bpd
- Diamond Shamrock Refining CO LP · Sunray, TX 195,000 bpd
- Hf Sinclair El Dorado Refining LLC · El Dorado, KS 162,000 bpd
- Chs Mcpherson Refinery INC · Mcpherson, KS 119,000 bpd
- Diamond Shamrock Refining CO LP · Three Rivers, TX 89,000 bpd
- Tesoro Refining & Marketing CO · Mandan, ND 72,000 bpd
- Buckeye Texas Processing LLC · Corpus Christi, TX 60,000 bpd
- Magellan Processing LP · Corpus Christi, TX 50,000 bpd
- The San Antonio Refinery LLC · San Antonio, TX 20,000 bpd
Events
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2026-04-24
expansion
Amber Energy CEO publicly pledged $1B toward adding 125,000 bpd of crude capacity at the Corpus Christi refinery (part of an $11B CITGO-wide investment pledge), contingent on the sale finally closing. source
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2026-02-10
outage
Not an outage — noting the sale remained unclosed and frozen pending U.S. Treasury/OFAC approval as of this date; CITGO restricted from major investment/financing decisions in the interim. source
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2025-11-25
sale
U.S. District Court for Delaware approved Amber Energy Inc. (Elliott Investment Management affiliate) as winning bidder for PDV Holding, Citgo's parent, at $5.9B, after a years-long court-ordered auction; PDVSA/Venezuela appealed. 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.