# Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi Refinery — East Plant

Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi Refinery — East Plant, Corpus Christi East, TX. 87,500 bpd crude capacity (EIA-820). Injects into Flint Hills Resources; reaches 0 delivery points and 0 terminals by published tariff. Crude supply, outlets, events.

- Location: Corpus Christi East, TX
- Status: active
- Crude capacity: 87,500 bpd (EIA-820)
- Operator: Flint Hills Resources LP (Koch Industries, Inc. subsidiary)
- Parent: Koch Industries, Inc.

## Pipelines it injects into
- Flint Hills Resources at Corpus Christi refineries (East and West) (research) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/flint-hills-resources/

## Crude supply
- 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.
- 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.

## Product outlets
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.

## Recent events
- 2026-05-23 — 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.
- 2024-07-26 — 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.

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Source: Thinking On Energy Supply Explorer — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/refinery/flint-hills-resources-lp-corpus-christi-east-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, 2026-10-20.