# TotalEnergies Port Arthur Refinery

TotalEnergies Port Arthur Refinery, Port Arthur, TX. 238,000 bpd crude capacity (EIA-820). Injects into Colonial Pipeline, Enterprise / TEPPCO, Explorer Pipeline and 1 more; reaches 59 delivery points and 79 terminals by published tariff. Crude supply, outlets, events.

- Location: Port Arthur, TX
- Status: active
- Crude capacity: 238,000 bpd (EIA-820)
- Operator: TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc.
- Parent: TotalEnergies SE

## Pipelines it injects into
- Colonial Pipeline at Port Arthur Products Station / Total tie-in Port Neches (FERC 3.33.0) (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/colonial-pipeline/
- Colonial Pipeline at Total Tie-In, Port Neches, Jefferson County, TX (research) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/colonial-pipeline/
- Colonial Pipeline at Port Arthur Products Station (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/colonial-pipeline/
- Enterprise / TEPPCO at Port Neches (Jefferson Co., TX) (research) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/enterprise-teppco/
- Enterprise / TEPPCO at North Port Arthur (Jefferson Co., TX) - interconnect with Enterprise Refined Products storage (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/enterprise-teppco/
- Explorer Pipeline at Port Arthur (Jefferson County, TX) (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/explorer-pipeline/
- Explorer Pipeline at Port Neches (Jefferson County, TX) (research) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/explorer-pipeline/
- Magellan Midstream at Port Arthur / Port Neches, TX (via Explorer) (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/magellan-midstream/

## Reach by published tariff route
| Pipeline | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explorer Pipeline | 31 | 31 | 96.30 | 311.00 |
| Enterprise / TEPPCO | 15 | 58 | 192.70 | 346.30 |
| Magellan Midstream | 9 | 19 | 603.88 | 686.75 |
| Colonial Pipeline | 4 | 3 | 11.42 | 25.63 |

## Crude supply
- pipeline: Keystone Pipeline — RBN Energy states Nederland terminal has direct pipeline connections to the Total Port Arthur refinery as well as Motiva, Valero and ExxonMobil Beaumont; the Keystone-specific last-mile spur (Port Neches Link) was purpose-built for Motiva, so this is plausible via Nederland-hub redelivery but not confirmed by a Total-specific source.
- marine: Sabine-Neches Waterway — TotalEnergies' own SEC filings note the site can access cost-effective domestic and international crude via waterborne delivery or Sun Pipe Line, and can process both heavy and light domestic crudes (coker added 2011).
- pipeline: Enterprise ECHO Terminal (crude) — ECHO is documented as connecting to Beaumont/Port Arthur refiners generally; graph's 'products_pipeline' typing again looks mismatched since ECHO is a crude terminal.

## Product outlets
- pipeline: Colonial Pipeline — Colonial documents receiving product from Port Arthur refineries generally.
- pipeline: Explorer Pipeline — Explorer's own connected-refinery list (as found for this project) names Premcor, ExxonMobil Beaumont and Valero Texas City explicitly, not TotalEnergies by name; regional access plausible but unconfirmed.
- pipeline: TEPPCO / Enterprise TE Products Pipeline — Regional network serving Beaumont/Port Arthur; a Total-specific citation was not found within budget.
- marine: Sabine-Neches Waterway — TotalEnergies (as Total Petrochemicals) has used fuel oil from this refinery to supply marine bunker fuels at Port Arthur and Beaumont.
- truck_rack: Total Petrochemicals USA Incorporated - Par Truck Rack — Refinery-direct truck rack; self-evident for an operating refinery of this scale.

## Recent events
- 2026 — A lightning strike disrupted the refinery's power supply, causing a complete site-wide loss of electricity and unplanned shutdown; TotalEnergies targeted a full restart afterward.
- 2024-02 — TotalEnergies' 238,000-bpd Port Arthur refinery shut down again just two days after restarting, struggling to maintain production including its 60,000-bpd coker and 35,000-bpd reformer.
- 2024 — TotalEnergies' 2024 annual results cited unplanned shutdowns, notably at Port Arthur, and a loss-of-steam event, as reasons group refining utilization (83%) missed the 85% target.
- 2023-09-05 — Fire in the pyrolysis gasoline unit at the co-located BASF TotalEnergies Petrochemicals JV led to collapse of an extractive distillation tower; contained within ~3 hours, no injuries. This is the adjacent petrochemical JV, not the refinery's crude-processing units, but the JV site remained shut for an extended period afterward.

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Source: Thinking On Energy Supply Explorer — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/refinery/totalenergies-petrochem-refg-usa-port-arthur-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, 2026-09-28.