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Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants)

Valero Refining Co Texas LP (Valero Energy Corporation subsidiary) · Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO). Valero commissioned the West plant in 1983 and acquired the East plant in 2001. · Corpus Christi, TX

Operating PADD3 IRS refinery no. R-74-TX-0126 petrochemical feedstocks propane lpg naphtha asphalt petroleum coke
Aerial view of the site Imagery: USDA, USGS The National Map (public domain)
bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
290,000
pipelines it injects into
1
delivery points reachable
4
terminals on those points
4
terminals reachable by barge
37
events on record
5

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

Alkylates · 24,500 Aromatics · 16,455 Asphalt road oil · 30,600 Hydrogen mmcfd · 160 Isomerization isobutane · 16,000 Petcoke market · 5,919 Sulfur short tons day · 1,142

Crude slate

The East plant processes sour crude. The West plant processes sweet crude, sour crude and residual fuel oil. Feedstocks arrive by tanker and barge over docks on the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, and West Texas and South Texas crude arrives by pipeline.

Crude in & products out

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DirectionModeRoutePoint / originProductsSource
crude in pipeline South Texas Crude System - West Leg
Sunoco LP (former NuStar) lists the Valero Corpus Christi Refinery as a termination of this line. Stated capacity is 240,000 barrels per day.		 Eagle Ford points in Frio, McMullen, LaSalle and Live Oak counties, and the Sunoco LP Corpus Christi North Beach Terminal crude source
crude in pipeline South Texas Crude System - East Leg
Sunoco LP (former NuStar) lists the Valero Corpus Christi Refinery as a termination of this line. Stated capacity is 120,000 barrels per day.		 Oakville Junction and Pawnee Station in Live Oak County, and Koch Pipeline Pettus Station in Bee County crude source
crude in pipeline Corpus Christi Refinery Pipeline
A 12 inch, 6.13 mile Sunoco LP crude line. The operator lists Valero as one of its terminations. Stated capacity is 144,000 barrels per day.		 Oakville Terminal crude source
crude in pipeline Three Rivers - Corpus Christi Crude Pipeline
An 8 inch, 65 mile Sunoco LP crude line. The operator gives the termination as Corpus Christi (Bill Greehey Refinery). Stated capacity is 38,000 barrels per day.		 Three Rivers Refinery, Live Oak County crude source
crude in marine Deepwater docks on the Corpus Christi Ship Channel
Valero states that feedstocks are delivered by tanker and barge over deepwater docks along the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. Port berth tables list berths Valero 2 and Valero 3 at the West plant (Tule) and Public Oil Docks 4, 7 and 11 for the East plant (Avery Point).		 Waterborne feedstocks by tanker and barge crude source
products out pipeline Valley Products Pipeline
Sunoco LP (former NuStar) names Valero as one of three Corpus Christi refinery origins of this line, which runs to Edinburg, Harlingen and Brownsville and also carries gasoline blend stock. The tariff effective July 2026 publishes rates from Origin Station and does not name Valero at that point.		 Corpus Christi. The tariff origin is Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County. gasoline distillate source
products out pipeline NuStar Logistics Corpus Christi to Three Rivers products line
NuStar Logistics FERC No. 86.12.0 and Texas No. 97.17.0, both effective July 1, 2026, publish a rate from the origin Corpus Christi Valero West to Three Rivers, Live Oak County. The FERC tariff also covers the line from Three Rivers to the border near Laredo.		 Corpus Christi Valero West, Nueces County (the West plant) gasoline distillate source
products out truck rack Valero Refining Company - Corpus Christi truck rack (T-74-TX-2714)
Valero states the complex includes an eight-bay truck rack serving local markets. The IRS lists terminal T-74-TX-2714, Valero Refining Company - Corpus Christi, at 5900 Up River Road, which is the West plant address.		 source

Docks

The docks at this facility and, where a ship agent or port publishes it, the largest vessel each berth takes. Channel conditions change; these figures are a guide, not clearance to sail.

Valero Refining Tule docks (West plant), berths Valero 2 and Valero 3

Berth Max draft Max length Max beam Air draft
Valero 2 45 ft 978 ft 158 ft –
Valero 3 45 ft 978 ft 160 ft –
  • Listed under Valero Refining (Tule), 5900 Up River Road, the West plant.
  • Air draft 138 and BCM 532 for both berths. No deadweight limit is given.
  • What moves over each berth is not stated. Valero says feedstocks for the complex arrive by tanker and barge over its ship channel docks.

Source: Moran Shipping Agencies berth table, Valero Refining (Tule), read 2026-10-11.

Public Oil Docks 4, 7 and 11 (used by Valero Refining, Avery Point, East plant)

Berth Max draft Max length Max beam Air draft
Public Oil Dock 4, 7 or 11 45 ft 1000 ft 160 ft –
  • One row covers all three docks, so the limits are the largest of the three, not each dock's own.
  • Air draft 138 and BCM 532. No deadweight limit is given.
  • Listed under Valero Refining (Avery Point), 1300 Cantwell Blvd, the East plant. The dock owner is not named.
  • What moves over each dock is not stated.

Source: Moran Shipping Agencies berth table, Valero Refining (Avery Point), read 2026-10-11.

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
NuStar Pipeline
Corpus Christi Valero West refinery
Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') per research
Corpus Christi Terminal same city
Corpus Christi Terminal, Nueces County, TX same city
4 4 51.69 200.46

By water

From the refinery’s docks on Corpus Christi Ship Channel: 37 terminals supplied by barge on the same waterway or one it opens onto, in 9 rack markets. Inferred from terminal research — barge movements carry no public tariff.
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WaterwayTerminalsNearest miFarthest mi
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway1320407
Victoria Barge Canal / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway17575
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen3111112
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Houston Ship Channel1189189
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Galveston Bay1194194
Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway2377378
Lower Mississippi River / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway1425425
Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW12593603
Gulf ICW3637645
All 37 barge-reachable terminals
TerminalLocationSupplied by barge onMiles
Bay Ltd. Redfish Bay Terminal Aransas Pass, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 20
Martin Operating Partnership Aransas Pass, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Corpus Christi area) 32
CITGO - Victoria Victoria, TX Victoria Barge Canal / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 75
Titan Fuel Terminals Harlingen, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen 111
NuStar Logistics, L.P. - Harlingen, TX Harlingen, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen 112
Port Harlingen Terminal Harlingen, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Port of Harlingen (Arroyo Colorado) 112
Titan Fuel Terminal Harlingen, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Harlingen) 112
Port Isabel Logistical Offshore Terminal Port Isabel, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Lower Laguna Madre) 122
Bluewing One Brownsville, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 128
TransMontaigne - SouthWest Brownsville, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 128
CITGO - Brownsville Brownsville, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 128
ABC Gulf Coast Terminal Brownsville, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Brownsville) 129
Brownsville Terminal Brownsville, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (to Brownsville) 129
OILTANKING TEXAS CITY LP Texas City, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Houston Ship Channel 189
Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. Galveston, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway / Galveston Bay 194
Port Neches Terminal Port Neches, TX Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Matagorda Bay) 261
Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. Gueydan, LA Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Gueydan / Vermilion Parish) 330
Breaux Bridge Terminal Breau Bridge, LA Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 377
Anse La Butte Breau Bridge, LA Bayou Teche / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 378
Five Star Fuels Baldwin, LA Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Baldwin / Bayou Teche corridor) 386
Martin Operating Partnership, L.P. Amelia, LA Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Amelia / Bayou Boeuf) 407
IMTT - Geismar Geismar, LA Lower Mississippi River / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 425
Martin Energy Services LLC Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 593
Barcliff LLC Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Center Point Chickasaw LLC - Chicksaw North Terminal Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Plains Marketing Terminal / Eott Energy Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Radcliff/Economy Marine Services - Mobile North Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Barcliff d/b/a/ Radcliff Economy Marine Services Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Alabama Bulk Terminal LLC Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Zenith Energy US - Mobile Terminal Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Dunhill Terminals Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company Chickasaw Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Midstream Fuel Services, Incorporated - Martin Company Mobile, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company Chickasaw, AL Mobile Bay / Gulf ICW 603
Mocar Oil Pensacola, FL Gulf ICW 637
TransMontaigne - Pensacola Pensacola, FL Gulf ICW 644
Transmontaigne Partners L.p. - Pensacola Terminal Pensacola, FL Gulf ICW 645

Substitutes

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

Events

Outages, fires, turnarounds, sales and closures — newest first.
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  1. 2025-10-30 outage

    Valero shut part of the 290,000 bpd Corpus Christi refinery after a power loss tied to a third-party outage. source

  2. 2025-05-20 outage

    Third-party power disruption triggered emergency shutdowns across multiple units at the Corpus Christi West refinery, with flaring. source

  3. 2025-03 fire

    Fire on a Sunday evening at the crude unit after a loss of containment, with emissions reported to TCEQ (~210 lb heptane). Reported 2025-03-06. source

  4. 2001 ownership

    Valero acquired the East plant. source

  5. 1983 other

    Valero commissioned the grass-roots Bill Greehey refinery, now called the West plant. 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.