Refinery

Deer Park Refinery

Pemex ·Deer Park, TX ·v1.1

A 340,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Deer Park, TX, operated by Pemex. Nelson Complexity 12.8.

Record

Rated capacity
340,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Nelson Complexity Index
12.8
Status
Operating
Operator
Pemex
Parent
Petróleos Mexicanos
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/pemex
Coordinates
29.7175, -95.0939
PADD
3
Commissioned
1929

Feedstock slate

Average API gravity
24°
Average sulfur
2.6%
Primary grades
Maya, Mars

Product yield

Gasoline46%
Distillate32%
Jet12%
Residual4%
Other6%

Notes

Pemex acquired Shell's 50.005% stake in 2022; refinery is now wholly Pemex-owned.

What coverage reports

130 days since one was reported

Pemex activates emergency protocols after diesel spill at Deer Park refinery in Texas
2026-04-13 · 2 publishers filed it

5 reported in 12 months

incident 5

2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption

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

51 records7 Oct 2015 to 13 Apr 2026General 27 · Incident 19 · Expansion 3 · Maintenance 2
  1. Incident High
    Pemex activates emergency protocols after diesel spill at Deer Park refinery in Texas
    Mexico News Daily + 1 other outlet · matched deer, park
  2. General Low
    PEMEX's Deer Park Refinery Receives Venezuelan Crude
    Mexico Business News · matched deer, park
  3. Incident Critical
    US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Issues Report on Fatal Hydrogen Sulfide Leak at PEMEX Deer Park Refinery
    ChemAnalyst + 1 other outlet · matched deer, park
  4. Incident Critical
    US Chemical Safety Board Pins 2024 Fatal Deer Park Refinery Accident on Pemex's Safety Lapses
    StockInvest.us · matched deer, park
  5. General Low
    US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board releases report on deadly incident at Deer Park refinery
    The Business Journals · matched deer, park
  6. Incident Low
    Final report issued in deadly chemical release at Deer Park refinery
    KHOU + 1 other outlet · matched deer, park
  7. General Low
    Shell Deer Park Olefins Unit Down for Undetermined Time After Fir...
    Industrial Info Resources · matched deer, park
  8. Incident High
    Flaring at PEMEX’s Deer Park Refinery
    Mexico Business News · matched deer, park
  9. Incident High
    Pemex Deer Park refinery flaring visible for miles
    KHOU · matched deer, park
  10. General Low
    Pemex overhauling multiple units at Deer Park, Texas, refinery
    ET EnergyWorld · matched deer, park
  11. Maintenance Medium
    Pemex overhauling multiple units at Deer Park, Texas, refinery, sources say
    Reuters · matched deer, park
  12. General Low
    Deer Park refinery production breaks record
    Opportimes · matched deer, park
  13. General Low
    PEMEX to Renovate Deer Park Refinery's Largest Unit
    mexicobusiness.news · matched deer, park
  14. Incident High
    Deer Park Pemex refinery workers died running from toxic leak, investigators say
    Houston Chronicle · matched deer, park
  15. Incident High
    PEMEX Deer Park update: Wrong connection opened on piping source of deadly chemical leak at refinery in October
    ABC13 Houston · matched deer, park
  16. Incident Critical
    Chemical leak at Pemex Deer Park refinery sparks lawsuit after family claims negligence in contractor's death
    ABC13 Houston · matched deer, park
  17. Incident High
    Family of victim files $1M lawsuit over deadly gas leak at Deer Park refinery
    Click2Houston · matched deer, park
  18. General Low
    Pemex’s Deer Park refinery resumes operations, faces investigation
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched deer, park
  19. General Low
    Pemex continues to monitor the incident at the Deer Park refinery
    Inspenet · matched deer, park
  20. General Critical
    Pemex Shuts Three Deer Park Refinery Units After Deadly Accident
    Hart Energy · matched deer, park
  21. Incident High
    Gas leak at Pemex refinery in Deer Park, Texas kills 2, injures 13
    Mexico News Daily + 1 other outlet · matched deer, park
  22. Incident High
    Why were Deer Park residents left in the dark for hours following deadly gas leak at Pemex refinery?
    Houston Chronicle · matched deer, park
  23. Incident High
    Two dead, about 35 injured after hydrogen sulfide release at Deer Park Pemex plant
    Houston Public Media + 1 other outlet · matched deer, park
  24. General Low
    Cleanup underway after diesel spills from Pemex Deer Park refinery into Houston Ship Channel
    Houston Chronicle · matched deer, park
  25. General Low
    Deer Park Refinery Achieves Record Profits
    Mexico Business News · matched deer, park
  26. General Low
    Why did Pemex buy the Deer Park refinery? 8 points to understand
    Opportimes · matched deer, park
  27. General Low
    Deer Park Refinery Bucks Trend Amid PEMEX's Refining Struggles
    Mexico Business News · matched deer, park
  28. Incident High
    Deer Park Refinery, Shell Sued by State of Texas After May Chemical Fire
    thetexan.news · matched deer, park
  29. Incident High
    Shell refinery unit in Deer Park had history of malfunctions before fire
    The Texas Tribune · matched deer, park
  30. Incident High
    Deer Park plant fire goes up in blaze
    FOX 26 Houston + 1 other outlet · matched deer, park
  31. Incident High
    Fire broke out in small CDU at Pemex Deer Park, Texas refinery -sources
    Reuters · matched deer, park
  32. General Low
    Hill+Knowlton to craft crisis comms plan for oil refinery Pemex Deer Park
    PRWeek · matched deer, park
  33. General Low
    Pemex completes purchase of Deer Park refinery
    Oil & Gas Journal + 1 other outlet · matched deer, park
  34. Expansion Low
    Shell sells its interest in Deer Park refinery
    Hydrocarbon Engineering · matched deer, park
  35. General Low
    Pemex closes the purchase of the Deer Park refinery
    mexico-now.com + 2 other outlets · matched deer, park
  36. General Low
    Shell to hand over Deer Park refinery to Pemex next week
    Reuters · matched deer, park
  37. General Low
    U.S. approves Pemex Deer Park refinery deal, completion early 2022
    Brazil Energy Insight · matched deer, park
  38. General Low
    U.S. authorized the sale of Deer Park refinery
    mexico-now.com + 1 other outlet · matched deer, park
  39. General Low
    Mexico says U.S. approves Deer Park refinery deal, sees completion early 2022
    Reuters · matched deer, park
  40. General Low
    Mexico’s AMLO Touts U.S. Approval of $596M Deer Park Refinery Purchase
    Natural Gas Intelligence · matched deer, park
  41. General Low
    Shell’s sale of Deer Park refinery to Pemex delayed
    Houston Chronicle · matched deer, park
  42. General Low
    Comment: Pemex’s takeover of Deer Park refinery. A view from 2023
    Houston Chronicle · matched deer, park
  43. General Low
    Mexico’s Pemex Eyes Takeover Of Deer Park Refinery
    Texas Standard · matched deer, park
  44. Expansion Low
    Shell sells shares in Deer Park refinery to Pemex for $596 million
    Anadolu Ajansı + 2 other outlets · matched deer, park
  45. General Low
    Mexico plans to buy Shell share of Deer Park refinery for $600 million
    KHOU + 2 other outlets · matched deer, park
  46. Expansion Low
    Shell To Sell Interest In Deer Park Refinery To Partner Pemex
    PR Newswire · matched deer, park
  47. Maintenance Low
    Shell Deer Park, Texas, refinery cold weather repairs to take until April -sources
    Reuters · matched deer, park
  48. Incident Critical
    Shell Deer Park, Texas, refinery shuts gasoline-producing FCC after fire
    Reuters · matched deer, park
  49. General Low
    Deer Park refinery ends shelter in place
    Chron · matched deer, park
  50. General Critical
    Shell halts operations at Deer Park refinery
    Chron · matched deer, park
  51. Incident Low
    Blaze put out at Shell chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas
    Reuters · matched deer, park

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