Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi Refinery — East Plant
Flint Hills Resources LP (Koch Industries, Inc. subsidiary) · Koch Industries, Inc. · Corpus Christi East, TX
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 87,500
- pipelines it injects into
- 1
- delivery points reachable
- 0
- terminals on those points
- 0
- events on record
- 2
Capability
Crude distillation 87,500 bpd operable, 87,500 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) | 47,700 |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed | 33,000 sd |
Production capacity
Crude slate
Not documented at the East plant level.
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude in | pipeline | KPL South Texas crude system (Koch Pipeline) The September 2024 RRC Form R-1 shows 10,630,487 bbl of crude received from Koch Pipeline Co. The report covers the East and West plants together, so this is a complex-level figure. The delivery point at the East plant is not shown. |
Koch Pipeline Company system (RRC T-1 03-1141). Origin stations are not stated in the report. | crude | source |
| crude in | marine | Flint Hills Resources East Plant Tanker Docks No. 3 and No. 2 The Corps of Engineers describes Dock No. 3 as receiving crude oil and Dock No. 2 as receiving crude oil occasionally. Moran Shipping lists crude among the cargoes handled at both berths. The September 2024 R-1 shows no crude receipt other than from Koch Pipeline, so no recent waterborne crude volume is shown. |
Not stated | crude | source |
| products out | pipeline | Flint Hills Resources Texas Pipeline System Flint Hills states that the Texas Pipeline System carries products from the Corpus Christi refineries to the San Antonio, Austin, Bastrop, Waco and Dallas/Fort Worth markets. The September 2024 R-1 shows gasoline, distillate and jet fuel delivered to Flint Hills Resources, LC (RRC T-1 04-015). This is a complex-level fact. Where East plant product enters the system is not stated. |
Corpus Christi refineries. East and West are reported as one refinery to the RRC (R-1 04-3718). | gasoline distillate jet fuel | source |
| products out | truck rack | Flint Hills Resources East Refinery truck rack TCEQ's compliance history for the East Refinery names a Truck Rack and a Truck Rack Flare at the plant. What the rack loads is not stated. No IRS terminal number is listed at this address on the IRS terminal list of 8/30/2026. |
1607 Nueces Bay Boulevard, Corpus Christi | source | |
| products out | marine | Flint Hills Resources East Plant Tanker Docks No. 2 and No. 3 The Corps of Engineers describes both tanker docks as receiving and shipping petroleum products and petrochemicals. Moran Shipping lists the cargoes handled as vacuum gas oil, gasoil, light cycle oil, chemicals and diesel oil. Gasoline and jet fuel are not on those cargo lists. TCEQ also names Docks and a Marine Vapor Combust Unit at the East Refinery. |
Right bank of the Industrial Canal, Corpus Christi, at Nueces Bay Boulevard extended | distillate petrochemical feedstocks | source |
| products out | barge | Flint Hills Resources East Plant Barge Dock No. 1 The Corps of Engineers describes this barge dock as receiving and shipping petrochemicals and shipping petroleum products. Depth alongside is 16 ft and berthing space is 230 ft. The petroleum products shipped are not named. |
Right bank of the Industrial Canal, Corpus Christi, about 200 feet above Nueces Bay Boulevard extended | petrochemical feedstocks | 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.
Flint Hills Resources, East Plant, Tanker Dock No. 3 · crude in, products out
| Berth | Max draft | Max length | Max beam | Air draft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FHR # 3 | 34 ft | 929 ft | – | – |
- Receives and ships petroleum products and petrochemicals and receives crude oil.
- Owned and operated by Flint Hills Resources, LP.
- Right bank of the Industrial Canal, about 400 feet below Nueces Bay Boulevard extended.
- Berthing space 900 ft; depth alongside 45 ft. The date of the depth figure is not given.
- Moran Shipping lists cargoes as crude, VGO, gasoil, chemicals and diesel oil, with a minimum length of 697 ft and an air draft of 138 ft.
- Vessel limits are Moran Shipping's for berth FHR # 3, matched to the Corps record by owner and dock number.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dock records; Moran Shipping berth page, read 2026-10-11.
Flint Hills Resources, East Plant, Tanker Dock No. 2 · crude in, products out
| Berth | Max draft | Max length | Max beam | Air draft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FHR # 2 | 37 ft | 750 ft | – | – |
- Receives and ships petroleum products and petrochemicals. Crude oil is received occasionally.
- Owned and operated by Flint Hills Resources, LP.
- Right bank of the Industrial Canal, about 500 feet above Nueces Bay Boulevard extended.
- Berthing space 800 ft; depth alongside 38 to 40 ft.
- Moran Shipping lists cargoes as crude, VGO, light cycle oil and gasoil, with a minimum length of 530 ft, an air draft of 138 ft and an 8-inch connection.
- Vessel limits are Moran Shipping's for berth FHR # 2, matched to the Corps record by owner and dock number.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dock records; Moran Shipping berth page, read 2026-10-11.
Flint Hills Resources, East Plant, Barge Dock No. 1 · products out
- Receives and ships petrochemicals and ships petroleum products. Barge berth.
- Right bank of the Industrial Canal, about 200 feet above Nueces Bay Boulevard extended.
- Berthing space 230 ft; depth alongside 16 ft.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dock records, read 2026-10-11.
Pipeline reach
This refinery injects at tariff origin points, but those systems’ rates haven’t been transcribed yet.
Substitutes
Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.
Flint Hills Resources
- Flint Hills Resources LP · Corpus Christi West, TX 290,000 bpd
- Buckeye Texas Processing LLC · Corpus Christi, TX 60,000 bpd
- Magellan Processing LP · Corpus Christi, TX 50,000 bpd
Events
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2026-05-23
outage
A power outage at Flint Hills Resources' Corpus Christi refinery complex (reported as 365,000 b/d) triggered more than 24 hours of flaring, per a TCEQ filing reported by OPIS; not attributable to East vs. West plant specifically. source
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2024-07-26
regulatory
TCEQ findings agreed order, Docket 2022-1543-AIR-E, for the Flint Hills Resources East Refinery at 1607 Nueces Bay Boulevard. Total penalty assessed was $60,500. The order was published in the Texas Register on 26 July 2024. 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.