Refinery

Corpus Christi East Refinery

Valero Energy ·Corpus Christi, TX ·NYSE:VLO ·v1.1

A 290,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Corpus Christi, TX, operated by Valero Energy. Nelson Complexity 12.7.

Record

Rated capacity
290,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Nelson Complexity Index
12.7
Status
Operating
Operator
Valero Energy
Parent
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO)
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/valero-energy
Coordinates
27.8336, -97.4631
PADD
3
Commissioned
1983

Feedstock slate

Average API gravity
36°
Average sulfur
0.6%
Primary grades
Eagle Ford, WTI, Permian

Product yield

Gasoline47%
Distillate31%
Jet12%
Residual4%
Other6%

What coverage reports

18 days since one was reported

Flint Hills reports flaring at Corpus Christi refinery
2026-08-03 · 1 publisher filed it

4 reported in 12 months

incident 2 · operations 2

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

26 records9 Dec 2009 to 19 Aug 2026General 13 · Incident 8 · Operations 2 · Maintenance 1
  1. General Critical
    Citgo shuts Corpus Christi FCCU in latest refinery upset
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched corpus, christi
  2. Incident High
    Flint Hills reports flaring at Corpus Christi refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched corpus, christi
  3. Operations Critical
    Citgo reports unplanned FCCU shutdown at Corpus Christi refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched corpus, christi
  4. Maintenance Medium
    Flint Hills reports planned maintenance at Corpus Christi refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched corpus, christi
  5. Incident High
    CITGO refinery pump fire quickly contained at Corpus Christi East Plant
    kiiitv.com + 2 other outlets · matched corpus, christi
  6. Operations Critical
    CITGO Corpus Christi East refinery FCCU2 unit shut unexpectedly
    Reuters · matched corpus, christi
  7. Incident High
    Flames and smoke seen at Corpus Christi's Valero refinery, no injuries reported
    kiiitv.com · matched corpus, christi
  8. General Low
    Flint Hills Resources to build solar farm to help power its Corpus Christi refinery operations
    PR Newswire · matched corpus, christi
  9. General Medium
    Citgo Corpus Christi Oil Refinery Restarts
    Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com · matched corpus, christi
  10. General Low
    CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery earns third ENERGY STAR® certification
    Hydrocarbon Engineering · matched corpus, christi
  11. General Low
    Severe weather disrupts production at three Corpus Christi, Texas refineries
    KXXV · matched corpus, christi
  12. Incident Critical
    Corpus Christi refinery Magellan settles with state over violations in fatal 2020 explosion
    caller.com + 1 other outlet · matched corpus, christi
  13. Incident High
    Valero Says No Injuries in Corpus Christi Refinery Fire
    LatestLY · matched corpus, christi
  14. General Low
    CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery Earns Prestigious 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certification
    PR Newswire · matched corpus, christi
  15. General Low
    Howard Energy to Add Corpus Christi Refinery Services Facility in Deal with MPLX Subsidiary
    Natural Gas Intelligence · matched corpus, christi
  16. Incident Critical
    Seven Injured When Oil Storage Tank Explosion Rocks Corpus Christi's Refinery Region
    Texas Public Radio | TPR · matched corpus, christi
  17. General Medium
    Citgo Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery restarts coker: sources
    Reuters · matched corpus, christi
  18. General Low
    What's Valero's Corpus Christi refinery worth? How does it affect you?
    caller.com + 1 other outlet · matched corpus, christi
  19. General Low
    Corpus Christi refinery to emerge as supplier in Mexican fuel market
    The Business Journals · matched corpus, christi
  20. General Low
    Corpus Christi refining complex almost back to pre-Harvey operations
    Chron · matched corpus, christi
  21. General Low
    First Corpus Christi refinery back online amid Texas gasoline panic
    Chron · matched corpus, christi
  22. Policy Low
    Valero Energy’s Corpus Christi refinery sued after water contamination
    Chron + 1 other outlet · matched corpus, christi
  23. Expansion Low
    Kochs Invest in Corpus Christi City Council as New Refinery Is Built
    EXPOSEDbyCMD · matched corpus, christi
  24. General Low
    Citgo's Corpus Christi refinery turns 80
    caller.com + 1 other outlet · matched corpus, christi
  25. Incident Critical
    Citgo Corpus Christi refinery alky unit shut after release
    reuters.com · matched corpus, christi
  26. Incident High
    CSB Issues Urgent Recommendations to CITGO; Finds Inadequate Hydrogen Fluoride Water Mitigation System during Corpus Christi Refinery Fire Last July - Investigations
    csb.gov + 3 other outlets · matched corpus, christi

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.