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Chevron Pasadena Refinery (Pasadena Refining System, Inc.)

Pasadena Refining System, Inc. · Chevron U.S.A. Inc. / Chevron Corporation · Pasadena, TX

Operating PADD3 jet fuel
Aerial view of the site Imagery: USDA, USGS The National Map (public domain)
bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
118,750
pipelines it injects into
6
delivery points reachable
117
terminals on those points
487
events on record
2

Capability

Crude distillation 118,750 bpd operable, 118,750 operating (EIA-820, as of 2026-01-01). Downstream units below, barrels per calendar day.

Upgrading

Catalytic reforming — low pressure 21,300
Vacuum distillation 38,000 sd

Treating — meets sulfur specs

Hydrotreating — kerosene & jet 12,400 sd
Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed 26,000 sd

Crude slate

100% Texas light, sweet crude, including Chevron-produced equity oil from the Permian Basin (per Chevron/RBN Energy reporting on the 2024 upgrade project).

Crude in & products out

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DirectionModeRoutePoint / originProductsSource
crude in marine Houston Ship Channel
Chevron's own materials describe the complex as including '323 acres of refinery, 5.1 million bbl of oil and products storage capacity, an associated marine terminal and logistics system' on the Houston Ship Channel.		 Associated marine terminal at the 466-acre Pasadena complex crude source
crude in pipeline unspecified Texas/Permian crude pipeline system
Chevron states the refinery runs '100 percent Texas light, sweet crude, including Chevron-produced oil from the Permian Basin,' but no specific named pipeline was identified in sources reviewed.		 Permian Basin (Chevron equity production) crude source
products out pipeline Colonial Pipeline
Plausible given the refinery's location at Colonial's documented Pasadena/Houston Texas origin point and its adjacency to the Kinder Morgan Pasadena terminal (a Colonial-connected hub), but no source explicitly names Chevron Pasadena as a Colonial shipper.		 Pasadena/Houston area gasoline distillate inferred
products out rack terminal Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals
Directly confirmed: Kinder Morgan's own materials describe 'Chevron's recently purchased 112,229 b/d Pasadena refinery' as 'directly adjacent to Kinder Morgan's terminal.'		 Kinder Morgan Pasadena terminal gasoline distillate source

Pipeline reach

Where this refinery’s product can go by published tariff route from the points it injects at — what an outage here would touch.
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PipelineInjects atDelivery pointsTerminalsLowest ¢/bblMedian ¢/bbl
Colonial Pipeline
Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou)
70 386 77.52 167.26
Magellan Midstream
Pasadena-MVP, TX
19 27 36.70 256.57
Enterprise / TEPPCO
Houston (Pasadena) (Harris Co., TX) - Colonial origin
15 58 245.33 374.37
Explorer Pipeline
Pasadena (Harris County) Marathon Terminal (joint 103.34.0)
Pasadena (Harris County) Marathon Terminal
Pasadena, Houston (Harris County, TX)
6 11 354.50 382.90
Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX)
Pasadena, TX
Pasadena (Harris County), TX
4 4 6.13 33.24
Phillips 66 Pipeline
Pasadena, Harris County, TX (Cross Channel Connector origin, Phillips 66 Partners Terminal)
3 1 18.82 41.35

Substitutes

Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.

Colonial Pipeline

Enterprise / TEPPCO

Magellan Midstream

Events

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  1. 2025 expansion

    Phased startup of the Pasadena refinery upgrading project was reported, with Chevron marking completion of the upgrades. source

  2. 2024-Q4 expansion

    Chevron announced completion/near-completion of a Pasadena refinery upgrade project raising processing capacity by ~15% to about 125,000 bpd and adding feedstock/product flexibility, including new jet fuel production and gas oil export capability. 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.