# Vertex Mobile (Saraland) Refinery

Vertex Mobile (Saraland) Refinery, Saraland, AL. 88,000 bpd crude capacity (EIA-820). Crude supply, outlets, events.

- Location: Saraland, AL
- Status: active
- Crude capacity: 88,000 bpd (EIA-820)
- Operator: Vertex Refining Alabama LLC
- Parent: Vertex Energy, Inc. (reorganized, privately held after Chapter 11)

## Crude supply
- marine: Two marine docks (Mobile River) — Refinery processes domestic light sweet crude received by water via two on-site marine docks.
- pipeline: Blakely Island terminal connector pipeline — 6 miles of pipeline connect the refinery to Vertex's Blakely Island terminals; this is likely the pipeline behind the graph's 'Saraland terminal to refinery' edge.

## Product outlets
- truck_rack: High-capacity on-site truck rack — Transportation fuel products distributed to southeast markets via a high-capacity truck rack.

## Recent events
- 2025-01 — Vertex Energy emerged from Chapter 11 as a reorganized, privately held conventional refiner after no qualified sale bid emerged during the bankruptcy auction.
- 2024-10-09 — Hydrocracker restarted in conventional service after a catalyst-change turnaround, producing gasoline and diesel again.
- 2024-09-24 — Vertex Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and explored a sale of the refinery.
- 2024-05-09 — Vertex announced it would pause renewable diesel production and convert the hydrocracker back to conventional fuels, citing weak renewable-diesel margins expected to persist.
- 2023-05 — Vertex completed a ~$115M project converting the mild hydrocracker to renewable diesel production (Phase 1 RDCP).
- 2022-04-01 — Vertex Energy completed acquisition of the Mobile, AL refining and petrochemical complex from Shell.

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Source: Thinking On Energy Supply Explorer — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/refinery/vertex-refining-alabama-llc-saraland-al/
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, 2026-09-29.