Lake Charles Refinery
A 264,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Lake Charles, US, operated by Phillips 66. Nelson Complexity 11.2.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 264,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 11.2
- Status
- Operator
- Phillips 66
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/phillips-66
- Coordinates
- 30.1900, -93.2300
Notes
The February 11, 2026 news indicates Valero is actively proceeding with a $230 million FCC upgrade at the St. Charles refinery with H2 2026 startup, demonstrating the facility is operational and undergoing planned maintenance/upgrades. The database record references a Port Arthur explosion (different facility), not St. Charles. St. Charles appears to be operating normally with capital projects underway.
What coverage reports
Four hurt in fire at CITGO Lake Charles Refinery, state police say
2025-09-22 · 8 publishers filed it
incident 1
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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General Low$756,800 Raised at 41st Annual CITGO Lake Charles Refinery Golf Classic to Benefit the Muscular Dystrophy AssociationMuscular Dystrophy Association · matched lake, charles
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General LowMagnolia LNG seeks more time to build Lake Charles plantThe Center Square · matched lake, charles
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General LowWill Lake Charles area refineries benefit from Trump’s Venezuela takeover?thecurrentla.com + 1 other outlet · matched lake, charles
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Incident HighFour Hurt in CITGO Lake Charles Refinery FireArnold & Itkin + 1 other outlet · matched lake, charles
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Incident HighFour hurt in fire at CITGO Lake Charles Refinery, state police sayKSLA + 5 other outlets · matched lake, charles
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Conflict HighLightning strike causes tank fire at Citgo's Lake Charles refinery on ThursdayReuters · matched lake, charles
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General LowThe CITGO Lake Charles Refinery is Fueling the CommunityLivability.com · matched lake, charles
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General Low$695,000 Raised at 40th Annual CITGO Lake Charles Refinery Golf Classic to Benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Associationmda.org · matched lake, charles
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General MediumCitgo restarts vacuum distillation unit, delayed coker at Lake Charles refineryOil & Gas Journal · matched lake, charles
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General LowPhillips 66 evaluating post-Delta damage at Lake Charles refineryOil & Gas Journal · matched lake, charles
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Operations CriticalCalcasieu Refining Restarts Refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana, After 3-Month ShutdownIndustrial Info Resources · matched lake, charles
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Conflict HighLightning strike ignites a fire at a Lake Charles refinery, prompts evacuation orderKJAS.com · matched lake, charles
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Maintenance MediumTurnaround boosts Citgo’s Lake Charles production10/12 Industry Report · matched lake, charles
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General LowPhillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery, Westlake, Louisiana, USNS Energy · matched lake, charles
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General LowLake Charles refinery still shuttered after Hurricane Laura but not because of why you might thinkThe Advocate · matched lake, charles
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General LowLake Charles petrochemical industry to recover slowly, power outages and wind damage major headwindsThe Advocate · matched lake, charles
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General LowLake Charles area petrochemical firms to pay $11 million for hazardous waste violationsNOLA.com · matched lake, charles
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General LowWhy Phillips 66 wants you to see inside its Lake Charles refineryThe Business Journals · matched lake, charles
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General LowCITGO Lake Charles Refinery Celebrates 70 Years Of Fueling Good In The State Of LouisianaPR Newswire · matched lake, charles
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General LowLake Charles Refinery, LAoffshore-technology.com + 1 other outlet · matched lake, charles
Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.