Excel Paralubes
Excel Paralubes LLC (day-to-day operator and sole marketer since Jan 1, 2018: Phillips 66) · Joint venture of Phillips 66 (50%) and Flint Hills Resources, a Koch Industries subsidiary (50%) · Westlake, LA
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
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- pipelines it injects into
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- delivery points reachable
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- terminals on those points
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- events on record
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Capability
Crude distillation 0 bpd operable, 0 operating (EIA-820, as of 2026-01-01). Downstream units below, barrels per calendar day.
Conversion — makes gasoline and diesel from heavier oil
| Hydrocracking — gas oil | 40,828 |
Production capacity · barrels per stream day
Crude slate
Not applicable: Excel Paralubes runs intermediate vacuum gas oil (VGO) feedstock, not crude oil, and that feedstock is sourced primarily from the adjacent Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery via internal piping.
Base oils
Phillips 66's FY2025 Form 10-K: 'we own a 50% interest in Excel Paralubes, an operated joint venture that owns a hydrocracked lubricant base oil manufacturing plant located adjacent to the Lake Charles Refinery. The facility has capacity to produce 22,200 B/D of high-quality Group II clear hydrocracked base oils. Excel Paralubes markets the produced base oil under the Pure Performance brand. The facility's feedstock is sourced primarily from our Lake Charles Refinery.' 2025 equity earnings from Excel Paralubes were lower 'as a result of decreased margins'. Flint Hills Resources' 50% dates from its 2003 purchase of Shell's stake (FTC clearance reported July 30, 2003).
| API group | b/d | As published | Basis | In effect | Source |
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| Group II | 22,200 | 22,200 b/d Company-stated in the FY2025 Form 10-K ('capacity to produce 22,200 B/D of high-quality Group II clear hydrocracked base oils'). Argus (Dec 2025) uses the same 22,200 b/d. EIA-820 lubricants capacity for the site is 30,000 b/sd (cross-check only; basis of the difference not explained by any source read). |
company stated | — | Phillips 66 via SEC EDGAR high |
- Process route
- Hydrocracking + catalytic dewaxing
- Feedstock
- Internal vacuum gas oil
- Brands
- Pure Performance
- Ships by
- truck, rail, barge, vessel
- Owners
- Phillips 66 50%, Flint Hills Resources (Koch Industries) 50%
Grades offered
| Group | Grade | cSt @100 °C | Brand | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group II | 110N | — | Pure Performance | Lubes'n'Greases (product news) medium |
| Group II | 225N | — | Pure Performance | Lubes'n'Greases (product news) medium |
Base oil events and projects
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2025-10-01
Turnaround
Group II
Argus: US refiners built inventories ahead of 'Excel Paralubes' 22,200 b/d refinery turnaround in Westlake, Louisiana'; 'Excel Paralubes was preparing for its early October maintenance.' Day not given; placed at the start of October 2025. public target 2025-10 Argus Media medium
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2021-09-01
Other
Group II
Hurricane Ida: Phillips 66's Lake Charles refinery, which supplies the adjacent Excel Paralubes JV (22,000 b/d Group II per the article), 'began curtailing before the storm and resumed normal operations by Monday'. Weekdays only in the article; placed at the article date. actual 2021-09-01 Lubes'n'Greases (Lube Report Americas) medium
Not established from public sources: Group III: no public source read supports Group III production or a Group III capacity figure at Excel Paralubes. The Phillips 66 10-K and the Pure Performance site describe Group II only ('Experience the best in Group II base oils'); the only Group III link found was a 2003 arrangement for ConocoPhillips to distribute S-Oil Group III (not fetched). No expansion project or permit application was found in pages read; the plant's 2025 equity earnings fell on margins. Flint Hills Resources' 50% share rests on the 2003 FTC-clearance article; no post-2020 page read restates FHR's share (the 10-K names only Phillips 66's 50%). A marketing change under which FHR stopped marketing and Phillips 66 took all output appeared only in search snippets (ICIS 2018) and is not recorded. Logistics modes come from the Pure Performance site ('by truck, rail, barge, or vessel'). LDEQ permit not consulted. Grades beyond 110N/225N (e.g., 70N, 600N) not confirmed on a fetched page. EIA-820 30,000 b/sd vs company 22,200 b/d unresolved.
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| products out | truck rack | Excel Paralubes plant logistics (truck/rail/barge/vessel) Described as enabling 'superior logistical movements via truck, rail, barges and vessels.' Base oils are marketed under the 'Pure Performance' brand. |
Westlake, LA (adjacent to the Lake Charles Refinery) | base oil | source |
Pipeline reach
No tariff origin point is linked to this refinery yet.
Substitutes
No other refinery shares a tariff system with this one in our data.
Events
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2025-10-01
Turnaround
Group II
Argus: US refiners built inventories ahead of 'Excel Paralubes' 22,200 b/d refinery turnaround in Westlake, Louisiana'; 'Excel Paralubes was preparing for its early October maintenance.' Day not given; placed at the start of October 2025. source
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2023-08-01
other
Ergon, via its subsidiary Process Oils, Inc., acquired MOGoil GmbH, which later (announced/expanded 2025) became a European distribution partner for Excel Paralubes base oils. source
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2021-09-01
Other
Group II
Hurricane Ida: Phillips 66's Lake Charles refinery, which supplies the adjacent Excel Paralubes JV (22,000 b/d Group II per the article), 'began curtailing before the storm and resumed normal operations by Monday'. Weekdays only in the article; placed at the article date. source
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2020-08
outage
Hurricane Laura forced a shutdown; the plant was inaccessible immediately after the storm, faced power grid damage and a rail-traffic embargo affecting base-oil transport, though early assessments were positive. 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.