Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & West Plants)
Valero Refining Co Texas LP (Valero Energy Corporation subsidiary) · Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) — no change-of-control found this session; long-standing Valero-owned asset. · Corpus Christi, TX
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 290,000
- pipelines it injects into
- 2
- delivery points reachable
- 4
- terminals on those points
- 6
- events on record
- 0
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) | 93,500 |
| Hydrocracking — gas oil | 49,500 |
| Delayed coking | 17,960 |
Upgrading
| Catalytic reforming — low pressure | 38,500 |
| Catalytic reforming — high pressure | 9,000 |
| Vacuum distillation | 91,000 sd |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — diesel | 72,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — kerosene & jet | 10,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — gasoline | 54,500 sd |
| Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed | 57,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — heavy gas oil | 25,000 sd |
| Hydrotreating — residual | 75,000 sd |
Production capacity
Crude slate
Not independently documented this session. Corpus Christi refineries generally run a mix of Permian light sweet/condensate and Eagle Ford light crude delivered via the area's pipeline network; not confirmed specifically for this refinery within budget.
Crude in & products out
This refinery hasn’t been researched yet. Its pipeline links below come from tariff origin points.
Pipeline reach
| Pipeline | Injects at | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NuStar Pipeline |
Corpus Christi Valero West refinery
CITGO Refinery, Nueces County same city
Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') same city
Corpus Christi Terminal same city
Corpus Christi Terminal, Nueces County, TX same city
|
4 | 6 | 51.69 | 200.46 |
Substitutes
Other refineries injecting into the same pipelines — the supply that could backfill an outage here.
Flint Hills Resources
- Flint Hills Resources LP · Corpus Christi West, TX 290,000 bpd
- Citgo Refining & Chemical INC · Corpus Christi, TX 165,000 bpd
- Flint Hills Resources LP · Corpus Christi East, TX 87,500 bpd
- Buckeye Texas Processing LLC · Corpus Christi, TX 60,000 bpd
- Magellan Processing LP · Corpus Christi, TX 50,000 bpd
NuStar Pipeline
- Exxonmobil Refining & Supply CO · Baytown, TX 564,500 bpd
- Phillips 66 Company · Ponca City, OK 228,000 bpd
- Diamond Shamrock Refining CO LP · Sunray, TX 195,000 bpd
- Citgo Refining & Chemical INC · Corpus Christi, TX 165,000 bpd
- Hf Sinclair El Dorado Refining LLC · El Dorado, KS 162,000 bpd
- Chs Mcpherson Refinery INC · Mcpherson, KS 119,000 bpd
- Diamond Shamrock Refining CO LP · Three Rivers, TX 89,000 bpd
- Tesoro Refining & Marketing CO · Mandan, ND 72,000 bpd
- Buckeye Texas Processing LLC · Corpus Christi, TX 60,000 bpd
- Magellan Processing LP · Corpus Christi, TX 50,000 bpd
- The San Antonio Refinery LLC · San Antonio, TX 20,000 bpd
Events
No events on record.
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.