Big Spring Refinery
A 73,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Big Spring, TX, operated by Delek US. Nelson Complexity 10.5.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 73,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 10.5
- Status
- Operator
- Delek US
- Parent
- Delek US Holdings (NYSE:DK)
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/delek-us
- Coordinates
- 32.2503, -101.4783
- PADD
- 3
Feedstock slate
- Average API gravity
- 40°
- Average sulfur
- 0.3%
- Primary grades
- WTI, Permian
Product yield
| Gasoline | 48% |
| Distillate | 33% |
| Jet | 11% |
| Residual | 3% |
| Other | 5% |
Notes
Delek US Holdings (parent company of Big Spring Refinery) is paying dividends and reported Q4 2025 earnings, indicating profitable operations. No recent news mentions continued damage or shutdown. The March explosion appears to have been resolved, with the refinery now operational but likely still ramping up utilization post-repairs.
What coverage reports
Pump failures trigger flaring at Delek's Big Spring refinery
2026-08-06 · 1 publisher filed it
incident 4
These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.
Wire
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Incident HighPump failures trigger flaring at Delek's Big Spring refineryQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched spring
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Expansion LowCan Delek's Big Spring Upgrade Deliver Better Refining Margins?
Delek US Holdings, Inc. completed the planned turnaround at its Big Spring refinery.
Yahoo Finance · matched spring -
Maintenance MediumDelek starts 2-month turnaround at Big Spring refineryQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched spring
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Maintenance CriticalDelek to shut FCC unit at Big Spring refinery for maintenanceQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched spring
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Incident HighKBest Media: Fire in asphalt plant at Big Spring RefineryCBS7 | Permian Basin, West Texas News | Midland, TX + 1 other outlet · matched spring
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Incident CriticalSmall explosion rocks Big Spring RefineryThe Big Spring Herald · matched spring
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Incident CriticalSmall explosion at Big Spring RefineryCBS7 | Permian Basin, West Texas News | Midland, TX + 2 other outlets · matched spring
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Maintenance CriticalDelek shuts Big Spring refinery for planned maintenanceQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched spring
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Operations HighGasoline unit at Delek's Big Spring refinery remains offlineQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched spring
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Maintenance CriticalDelek Big Spring refinery halts FCC for maintenanceQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched spring
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General LowDelek Plots Additions, Upgrades Across its U.S. Refining System, Led by Big Spring, TexasIndustrial Info Resources · matched spring
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Incident Critical16 years since refinery explosion rocked Big Spring, surrounding areasThe Big Spring Herald · matched spring
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General LowDelek US Holdings' Big Spring Refinery selected by DOE for carbon capture projectHydrocarbon Engineering · matched spring
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General LowDelek's Big Spring Refinery Chosen for $95 Million DOE Carbon Capture Pilot ProjectPipeline and Gas Journal · matched spring
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General LowDelek US Holdings' Big Spring Refinery Selected by the Department of Energy for Carbon Capture ProjectPR Newswire · matched spring
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Incident CriticalBig Spring Remembers Refinery Explosionnewswest9.com · matched spring
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General Low'Salt Well' emergency response drill held at Big Spring refinerynewswest9.com · matched spring
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General LowBig Spring refinery marks 80th anniversarymrt.com + 1 other outlet · matched spring
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General LowBackground Information on Alon USA Refinery in Big SpringKCBD · matched spring
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