Placid Refining Company Port Allen Refinery
Placid Refining Company LLC · Placid Refining Company (independently, privately held; not a subsidiary of a larger public parent per sources found) · Port Allen, LA
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 75,000
- pipelines it injects into
- 2
- delivery points reachable
- 98
- terminals on those points
- 535
- events on record
- 2
Capability
Crude distillation 75,000 bpd operable, 75,000 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) | 24,500 |
Upgrading
| Catalytic reforming — low pressure | 10,500 |
| Vacuum distillation | 27,000 sd |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — diesel | 25,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — gasoline | 20,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed | 12,000 sd |
Production capacity
Crude slate
Historically a mix of domestic (North Dakota to Louisiana, Alabama to South Texas) and some foreign waterborne crude (Nigeria, British North Sea); one 2020s-era profile describes it as 'predominantly domestic crude oil.'
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude in | pipeline | Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) Cited as one of two major crude pipeline systems the refinery connects to. |
crude | source | |
| crude in | pipeline | Heavy Louisiana Sweet (HLS) Crude Oil Pipeline System Cited as the second of two major crude pipeline systems the refinery connects to. |
crude | source | |
| crude in | marine | Mississippi River barge Historically processed foreign waterborne cargoes; a separate company profile describes 'predominantly domestic crude oil.' |
domestic and imported (historically Nigeria, British North Sea) crude | crude | source |
| products out | pipeline | Plantation Pipeline Refined products can be supplied to the Plantation Oil Products Pipeline. |
gasoline distillate | source | |
| products out | pipeline | Colonial Pipeline A separate company profile describes refined products moving into the Colonial and Plantation pipeline systems. |
gasoline distillate jet fuel | source | |
| products out | truck rack | Port Allen truck rack Described as a 'state-of-the-art truck rack' distributing products directly from the refinery. |
Port Allen refinery site | gasoline diesel jet fuel | source |
| products out | marine | Mississippi River barge Products also supplied via barge along the Mississippi River. |
Port Allen refinery docks | source |
Pipeline reach
| Pipeline | Injects at | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Pipeline |
Baton Rouge (E. Feliciana Parish) per research
|
68 | 380 | 47.33 | 129.52 |
| Plantation Pipeline |
Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), incl. Dock Station and Bengal/Marathon proportional receipts per research
|
30 | 155 | 84.63 | 180.81 |
Substitutes
Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.
Colonial Pipeline
- Motiva Enterprises LLC · Port Arthur, TX 656,400 bpd
- Marathon Petroleum CO LP · Galveston Bay, TX 631,000 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Beaumont, TX 612,000 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Baytown, TX 564,500 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Baton Rouge, LA 523,500 bpd
- Citgo Petroleum Corp · Lake Charles, LA 471,200 bpd
- Premcor Refining Group INC · Port Arthur, TX 385,000 bpd
- Deer Park Refining LP · Deer Park, TX 312,500 bpd
- Phillips 66 Company · Linden, NJ 275,000 bpd
- Totalenergies Petrochem & Refg USA · Port Arthur, TX 238,000 bpd
- Shell Oil Products Us · Norco, LA 231,153 bpd
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Texas City, TX 225,000 bpd
- Valero Refining New Orleans LLC · Norco, LA 215,000 bpd
- Valero Refining CO Texas LP · Houston, TX 205,000 bpd
- Chalmette Refining LLC · Chalmette, LA 190,000 bpd
- Paulsboro Refining CO LLC · Paulsboro, NJ 160,000 bpd
- Calcasieu Refining CO · Lake Charles, LA 135,500 bpd
- Valero Refining - Meraux LLC · Meraux, LA 125,000 bpd
- Pasadena Refining Systems INC · Pasadena, TX 118,750 bpd
- Alon Refining Krotz Springs INC · Krotz Springs, LA 80,000 bpd
- Hunt Refining CO · Tuscaloosa, AL 50,000 bpd
Plantation Pipeline
- Marathon Petroleum CO LP · Garyville, LA 617,000 bpd
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Baton Rouge, LA 523,500 bpd
- Chevron USA INC · Pascagoula, MS 356,440 bpd
- Valero Refining - Meraux LLC · Meraux, LA 125,000 bpd
Events
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2023-03
other
Placid Refining relocated its headquarters from Dallas, TX to Baton Rouge, LA and announced plans to modernize the Port Allen facility, closing its Dallas offices. source
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2007-12
expansion
Placid's previously announced $300 million project to upgrade and expand the Port Allen refinery (55,000 to 80,000 bpd) confirmed on schedule for completion in first-half 2010. 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.