Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi Refinery — West Plant
Flint Hills Resources LP (Koch Industries, Inc. subsidiary) · Koch Industries, Inc. · Corpus Christi West, TX
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 290,000
- pipelines it injects into
- 1
- delivery points reachable
- 0
- terminals on those points
- 0
- terminals reachable by barge
- 37
- events on record
- 3
Capability
Crude distillation 290,000 bpd operable, 290,000 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) | 57,000 |
| Hydrocracking — gas oil | 15,000 |
Upgrading
| Vacuum distillation | 87,500 sd |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — diesel | 92,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — kerosene & jet | 32,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — gasoline | 72,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed | 60,000 sd |
Production capacity
Crude slate
Flint Hills' 2024 community report for the Corpus Christi refineries says its fuels are made from crude oil sourced primarily in Texas.
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude in | pipeline | KPL South Texas crude system (Koch Pipeline) The Railroad Commission Form R-1 for the Flint Hills Corpus Christi complex (East and West filed together) shows Koch Pipeline Co delivering 10,630,487 barrels of crude in September 2024 and 11,399,303 barrels in April 2025. That was essentially all crude received by the complex in both months. The R-1 does not split receipts between the two plants. |
Koch Pipeline Co, Texas Railroad Commission T-1 03-1141 | crude | source |
| crude in | marine | Flint Hills Resources berths at the Port of Corpus Christi The berth listings for FHR # 2, FHR # 3 and Public Oil Dock 8 include crude among the cargoes handled. The listings do not say which Flint Hills plant each berth serves. The R-1 reports for September 2024 and April 2025 show no crude receipts other than from Koch Pipeline. |
Not stated | crude | source |
| products out | pipeline | Flint Hills Resources Texas Pipeline System Flint Hills says the Texas Pipeline System carries products from the Corpus Christi refineries to the San Antonio, Austin, Bastrop, Waco and Dallas/Fort Worth markets. The complex's September 2024 R-1 shows deliveries to the carrier Flint Hills Resources, LC (T-1 04-015) of 4,257,321 barrels of gasoline, 2,836,872 barrels of heating oil and diesel, and 1,726,186 barrels of jet fuel. One R-1 covers both plants, so the split between East and West is not public. |
Corpus Christi refineries (East and West plants, reported together) | gasoline distillate jet fuel | source |
| products out | truck rack | Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi truck rack (IRS terminal T-74-TX-2721) A Texas Commission on Environmental Quality order for the West Plant at 2825 Suntide Road names a West Truck Rack, also called the West Terminal. The IRS terminal list gives the same street address for T-74-TX-2721, Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi. |
2825 Suntide Road, Corpus Christi | source | |
| products out | marine | Flint Hills Resources berths at the Port of Corpus Christi The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality records a Marine Vapor Combustor Unit at the West Plant. The berth listings show crude, vacuum gas oil, gasoil, light cycle oil, chemicals and diesel oil at FHR # 2 and FHR # 3, and crude, gasoline, vacuum gas oil and chemicals at Public Oil Dock 8. The listings do not say which plant each berth serves. |
West Plant marine loading; berths FHR # 2, FHR # 3 and Public Oil Dock 8 are listed under Flint Hills Resources | gasoline distillate | source |
Pipeline reach
This refinery injects at tariff origin points, but those systems’ rates haven’t been transcribed yet.
By water
| Waterway | Terminals | Nearest mi | Farthest mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 13 | 23 | 409 |
| Victoria Barge Canal / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 1 | 75 | 75 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 3 | 112 | 113 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Houston Ship Channel | 1 | 190 | 190 |
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Galveston Bay | 1 | 196 | 196 |
| Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 2 | 379 | 379 |
| Lower Mississippi River / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 1 | 427 | 427 |
| Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 12 | 594 | 605 |
| Gulf ICW | 3 | 639 | 647 |
All 37 barge-reachable terminals
| Terminal | Location | Supplied by barge on | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Ltd. Redfish Bay Terminal | Aransas Pass, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 23 |
| Martin Operating Partnership | Aransas Pass, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Corpus Christi area) | 33 |
| CITGO - Victoria | Victoria, TX | Victoria Barge Canal / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 75 |
| Titan Fuel Terminals | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 112 |
| NuStar Logistics, L.P. - Harlingen, TX | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen | 113 |
| Port Harlingen Terminal | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen (Arroyo Colorado) | 113 |
| Titan Fuel Terminal | Harlingen, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Harlingen) | 113 |
| Port Isabel Logistical Offshore Terminal | Port Isabel, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Lower Laguna Madre) | 124 |
| Bluewing One | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 129 |
| TransMontaigne - SouthWest | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 130 |
| CITGO - Brownsville | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 130 |
| ABC Gulf Coast Terminal | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Brownsville) | 130 |
| Brownsville Terminal | Brownsville, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Brownsville) | 130 |
| OILTANKING TEXAS CITY LP | Texas City, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Houston Ship Channel | 190 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Galveston, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Galveston Bay | 196 |
| Port Neches Terminal | Port Neches, TX | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Matagorda Bay) | 263 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Gueydan, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Gueydan / Vermilion Parish) | 331 |
| Breaux Bridge Terminal | Breau Bridge, LA | Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 379 |
| Anse La Butte | Breau Bridge, LA | Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 379 |
| Five Star Fuels | Baldwin, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Baldwin / Bayou Teche corridor) | 388 |
| Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. | Amelia, LA | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Amelia / Bayou Boeuf) | 409 |
| IMTT - Geismar | Geismar, LA | Lower Mississippi River / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | 427 |
| Martin Energy Services LLC | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 594 |
| Barcliff LLC | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Center Point Chickasaw LLC - Chicksaw North Terminal | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Plains Marketing Terminal / Eott Energy | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Radcliff/Economy Marine Services - Mobile North | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Barcliff d/b/a/ Radcliff Economy Marine Services | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Alabama Bulk Terminal LLC | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Zenith Energy US - Mobile Terminal | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Dunhill Terminals | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company Chickasaw | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company | Chickasaw, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Midstream Fuel Services, Incorporated - Martin Company | Mobile, AL | Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW | 605 |
| Mocar Oil | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 639 |
| TransMontaigne - Pensacola | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 646 |
| Transmontaigne Partners L.p. - Pensacola Terminal | Pensacola, FL | Gulf ICW | 647 |
Substitutes
Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.
Flint Hills Resources
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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2025-09
other
Flint Hills publicly warned Corpus Christi City Council that planned reductions in the city's industrial water allocation 'would force the shutdown of at least some aspects of our operations'; no shutdown has been reported as having occurred. source
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2024-12
other
Flint Hills' 2024 community report describes a 27-megawatt solar installation for the Corpus Christi West Refinery, expected at peak to meet nearly one third of the refinery's power needs. Combined heat and power and the solar installation together could meet about 60% of the West Refinery's power at peak. 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.