Valero Houston Refinery

Valero Refining Company - Texas, L.P. · Valero Energy Corporation · Houston, TX

Operating PADD3 asphalt jet fuel

Aerial view of the site Imagery: USDA, USGS The National Map (public domain)

bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026: 205,000
pipelines it injects into: 3
delivery points reachable: 116
terminals on those points: 451
events on record: 0

Capability

Crude distillation 205,000 bpd operable, 205,000 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)	69,400
Hydrocracking — distillate	65,800

Upgrading

Vacuum distillation

38,000 sd

Treating — meets sulfur specs

Hydrotreating — kerosene & jet	18,000 sd
Hydrotreating — gasoline	38,240 sd
Hydrotreating — naphtha / reformer feed	9,000 sd

Production capacity

Alkylates · 28,875 Sulfur short tons day · 336

Crude slate

Not specifically published; receives feedstock via multiple interconnecting pipelines plus waterborne deepwater docks on the Houston Ship Channel, per Valero's own description.

Crude in & products out

Direction	Mode	Route	Point / origin	Products	Source
crude in	pipeline	Longhorn Pipeline Not confirmed by a source naming Valero Houston specifically; Longhorn's landing point (Magellan East Houston) is described as feeding 'every refinery in the Houston Ship Channel and Texas City,' making this plausible.	Permian Basin via Magellan East Houston terminal	crude	source
crude in	marine	Houston Ship Channel Valero's own site states the refinery 'receives its feedstocks primarily by various interconnecting pipelines and has a waterborne-receiving capability at deepwater docking facilities along the Houston Ship Channel.'	Waterborne crude receipts	crude	source
products out	pipeline	Colonial Pipeline Valero states finished products are delivered to 'local, mid-continent U.S., and northeastern U.S. markets through various pipelines' -- Colonial is the primary Gulf-to-Northeast conduit and its Texas injection point (Pasadena/Houston) is in this refinery's immediate vicinity.	Pasadena/Houston area	gasoline distillate	source
products out	pipeline	Kinder Morgan Pasadena products pipelines Directly confirmed: Kinder Morgan's own terminal materials explicitly list 'Valero's 205,000 b/d Houston plant' among refineries connected to its Pasadena, TX liquids terminal.	Kinder Morgan Pasadena terminal	gasoline distillate asphalt	source
products out	marine	Houston Ship Channel Valero's own site confirms deepwater docking facilities along the Houston Ship Channel; the same docks used for receiving are typically also used for product/asphalt shipments given the refinery's three storage terminals (212,900 bbl refined product + 75,000 bbl asphalt storage).	Refinery deepwater docks	gasoline distillate asphalt	source

Pipeline reach

Pipeline	Injects at	Delivery points	Terminals	Lowest ¢/bbl	Median ¢/bbl
Colonial Pipeline	Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) per research	70	386	77.52	167.26
Explorer Pipeline	Pasadena, Houston same city	26	31	96.30	307.00
Magellan Midstream	Valero Refining-Texas Houston Refinery East Houston, TX same city	20	34	44.33	256.57

Substitutes

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

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.