# Valero McKee Refinery

Valero McKee Refinery, Sunray, TX. 195,000 bpd crude capacity (EIA-820). Injects into NuStar Pipeline and Phillips 66 Pipeline; reaches 10 delivery points and 5 terminals by published tariff. Crude supply, outlets, events.

- Location: Sunray, TX
- Status: active
- Crude capacity: 195,000 bpd (EIA-820)
- Operator: Valero Energy Corporation (legal entity Diamond Shamrock Refining Co., L.P. is a Valero subsidiary)
- Parent: Valero Energy Corporation

## Pipelines it injects into
- NuStar Pipeline at Sheerin Station, Moore County (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/nustar-pipeline/
- NuStar Pipeline at McKee Station / McKee-DS / McKee-DSCOLO Station (Valero McKee refinery), Moore County (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/nustar-pipeline/
- Phillips 66 Pipeline at McKee Station (Valero McKee refinery) (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/phillips-66-pipeline/

## Reach by published tariff route
| Pipeline | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NuStar Pipeline | 8 | 4 | 41.68 | 214.78 |
| Phillips 66 Pipeline | 2 | 1 | 172.66 | 303.62 |

## Crude supply
- pipeline: McKee Crude Gathering System — ~200+ miles of pipeline plus 20 truck-unloading sites with ~240,000 bbl storage; throughput capacity ~72,000 bpd, supplying roughly 40% of McKee's total crude runs from locally gathered Panhandle production.
- pipeline: NuStar Wichita Falls, Dixon, and Hooker pipelines — NuStar Logistics, L.P.-owned pipelines that deliver crude oil into the McKee terminal in addition to Valero's own McKee crude system.
- pipeline: Midland to McKee crude pipeline — Valero's 2011 crude-unit expansion was explicitly designed to run additional West Texas Intermediate crude sourced from Midland, TX to feed the enlarged 195,000 bpd capacity.
- pipeline: Cushing to McKee crude pipeline — Third-party pipelines connect McKee to the major Cushing, OK crude trading hub in addition to Midland, TX.

## Product outlets
- pipeline: McKee to El Paso Pipeline — 408-mile, 10-inch pipeline delivering diesel and gasoline produced at McKee to Valero's El Paso terminal; total capacity 63,000 bpd (21,000 bpd allocable to the 33 1/3% owning interest).
- pipeline: NuStar Southlake, Amarillo, and Colorado Springs pipelines — Refined product distributed from the McKee terminal via these NuStar-operated pipelines.
- pipeline: Phillips/NuStar Denver Pipeline — McKee typically supplies much of the gasoline consumed in the Denver market via pipeline, ~400 miles away.
- truck_rack: McKee terminal truck and rail racks — The McKee terminal (~4.4 million bbl storage) includes truck racks and a rail rack in addition to pipeline outlets; products also reach Mexico and Arizona.

## Recent events
- 2022-05-02 — Valero delayed a major overhaul of fuel-producing units originally scheduled for May 2022, resetting it to spring 2023 so the refinery could keep producing high-margin gasoline and diesel amid strong demand.

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Source: Thinking On Energy Supply Explorer — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/refinery/diamond-shamrock-refining-co-lp-sunray-tx/
Built from published FERC pipeline tariffs, EIA-820, the IRS Terminal Control Number list and sourced research. Rates are line-haul only. Cite as: Thinking On Energy, Supply Explorer, 2026-09-28.