# Valero Houston Refinery

Valero Houston Refinery, Houston, TX. 205,000 bpd crude capacity (EIA-820). Injects into Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline and Magellan Midstream; reaches 116 delivery points and 285 terminals by published tariff. Crude supply, outlets, events.

- Location: Houston, TX
- Status: active
- Crude capacity: 205,000 bpd (EIA-820)
- Operator: Valero Refining Company - Texas, L.P.
- Parent: Valero Energy Corporation

## Pipelines it injects into
- Colonial Pipeline at Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) (research) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/colonial-pipeline/
- Explorer Pipeline at Pasadena, Houston (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/explorer-pipeline/
- Magellan Midstream at Valero Refining-Texas Houston Refinery (confirmed) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/magellan-midstream/
- Magellan Midstream at East Houston, TX (same city) — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/pipeline/magellan-midstream/

## Reach by published tariff route
| Pipeline | Delivery points | Terminals | Lowest ¢/bbl | Median ¢/bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Pipeline | 70 | 386 | 77.52 | 167.26 |
| Explorer Pipeline | 26 | 31 | 96.30 | 307.00 |
| Magellan Midstream | 20 | 34 | 44.33 | 256.57 |

## Crude supply
- 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.
- 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.'

## Product outlets
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).

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Source: Thinking On Energy Supply Explorer — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/refinery/valero-refining-co-texas-lp-houston-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.