PORT ARTHUR REFINERYThe Valero Port Arthur Refinery, a flagship refinery within the Valero system, is strategically located
on about 4,000 acres along the Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 90 miles east of Houston. It was commissioned in 1901 and acquired in 2005 from Premcor.
800 employees
Strategically located on 4,000 acres along the Port Arthur Ship Channel
$28.4 million generated in local property taxes in 2019
$975 million investment in a second coker unit,
expected startup in 2022
$4.4 million provided to the United Way of Mid and
South Jefferson County over the past five years
54,826 employee volunteer hours
over the past five years
395,000 barrels per day (bpd)
throughput capacity
Produces gasoline, jet fuel, petroleum coke, diesel
and petrochemicals
THE PORT ARTHUR REFINERYFAST FACTS
Focus on diversity, inclusion
and talent development
Barbara Phillips Manager, Refinery
Public Affairs
Valero Port Arthur Refinery 1801 South Gulfway Drive
Port Arthur, TX 77640 (409) 985-1000
valero.com
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY COMMUNITY
Safety is our foundation for success.
Increased safety awareness through a weekly safety
newsletter
Increased employee involvement through
safety committees and more peer-to-peer safety
observations
Improved Job Safety Hazard & Observation Analysis program
Annual face-to-face safety training
for all employees
Received the ASTORS American Security Today’s 2019 Platinum Award for
Homeland Security Best Maritime/Seaport
Security Program
We will be a good neighbor by sharing our success with the
communities where we live and work through volunteerism,
charitable giving and the economic support of being
a good employer.
$3.1 million in grants to children’s organizations through
the Valero Texas Open and Benefit for Children
over the last five years
Gave $1.2 million to United Way Mid and South Jefferson County in 2019
Title sponsor of Kid Fest, a free event with entertainment
and activities focused on STEM education and safety
12,300 employee volunteer hours in 2019
We are committed stewards of the environment.
Since Valero’s acquisition of the refinery in 2005,
more than $3 billion has been invested in significant
environmental projects such as a flare gas recovery
system, as well as unit additions such as a new
hydrocracker which removes sulfur and adds hydrogen to produce clean fuels and
feedstocks
ABOUT VALERO
Valero is the largest global independent refiner, and
a leading ethanol and renewable diesel producer
and corporate citizen.
15 petroleum refineries
3.1 million barrels per day
throughput capacity
One of 50 most
community-minded
companies in the U.S.
14 ethanol plants in the U.S.
Combined production
capacity of 1.73 billion gallons
per year
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275 million gallons per year
in renewable diesel
World’s 2nd Largest Renewable
Diesel producer