Refinery

Corpus Christi Refinery

Valero ·Corpus Christi, US ·NYSE:VLO ·v1.1

A 370,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Corpus Christi, US, operated by Valero. Nelson Complexity 11.5.

Record

Rated capacity
370,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Nelson Complexity Index
11.5
Status
Damaged
Operator
Valero
Parent
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO)
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/valero-corpus
Coordinates
27.8000, -97.4000

Notes

March 24 news reports explosion and fire at Valero refinery in Corpus Christi with significant damage. March 20 and 26 reports indicate water crisis affecting refineries in the area, suggesting operational constraints. Combined incidents indicate the facility is not operating normally.

What coverage reports

150 days since one was reported

6 Things to Know: Mullin confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary, Explosion at Texas refinery raises concerns
2026-03-24 · 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

9 records1 Sep 2025 to 7 Apr 2026General 3 · Incident 2 · Operations 2 · Expansion 1
  1. Expansion Medium
    U.S. LNG Capacity Edges up as Corpus Christi Stage III Ramps Up
    RBN Energy · matched corpus, christi
  2. General Low
    The logo of Citgo is displayed at the Citgo Corpus Christi Refinery in Corpus Christi
    Reuters Connect · matched corpus, christi
  3. Incident Critical
    6 Things to Know: Mullin confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary, Explosion at Texas refinery raises concerns
    KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi · matched corpus, christi
  4. General Low
    Corpus Christi refineries seek new water sources amid crisis
    The Texas Tribune · matched corpus, christi
  5. General Low
    Corpus Christi water shortage deepens, threatening oil refining hub
    E&E News by POLITICO · matched corpus, christi
  6. Policy Low
    Corpus Christi Refinery Row residents worry about EPA emissions rollback
    yahoo.com · matched corpus, christi
  7. Incident High
    Flint Hill reports flaring at Corpus Christi refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched corpus, christi
  8. Operations Critical
    Valero reports power outage, shutdown at Corpus Christi refinery
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched corpus, christi
  9. Operations High
    Citgo's FCCU at Corpus Christi refinery faces unexpected outage
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · 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.