Refinery
McKee Refinery
Valero Energy ·Sunray, TX ·NYSE:VLO ·v1.1
A 195,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Sunray, TX, operated by Valero Energy. Nelson Complexity 11.2.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 195,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 11.2
- Status
- Operator
- Valero Energy
- Parent
- Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO)
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/valero-energy
- Coordinates
- 35.9540, -101.8830
- PADD
- 3
Feedstock slate
- Average API gravity
- 37°
- Average sulfur
- 0.4%
- Primary grades
- WTI, Permian
Product yield
| Gasoline | 51% |
| Distillate | 31% |
| Jet | 10% |
| Residual | 3% |
| Other | 5% |
What coverage reports
172
days since one was reported
Valero reports flaring at McKee Refinery in Texas
2026-03-02 · 1 publisher filed it
1
reported in 12 months
incident 1
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
20 records21 Feb 2007 to 2 Mar 2026Incident 10 · General 5 · Maintenance 2 · Operations 2
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Incident HighValero reports flaring at McKee Refinery in TexasQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched mckee
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General LowValero stock drops after emissions reported at McKee refinery By Investing.comInvesting.com Australia · matched mckee
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General LowValero stock drops after emissions reported at McKee refinery By Investing.comInvesting.com India + 3 other outlets · matched mckee
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Maintenance MediumValero reports FCC maintenance at McKee, Texas refineryQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched mckee
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General LowValero McKee Refinery hosts memorial for 19 Dumas, Sunray firemen lost in 1956KFDA | NewsChannel 10 + 1 other outlet · matched sunray, mckee
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Incident HighMemorial Monday — The Shamrock Oil McKee Refinery FireNational Fallen Firefighters Foundation · matched mckee
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Incident CriticalMarking 67 years: Memorial service to honor fallen heroes of Shamrock McKee Refinery explosionKVII · matched mckee
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Maintenance CriticalValero repairs shut FCC at McKee refinery in Sunray, Texas -sourcesReuters · matched sunray, mckee
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Incident CriticalVIDEO: Dumas firefighters to honor fallen heroes in 1956 Shamrock McKee Refinery ExplosionNewsChannel 10 · matched mckee
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Incident CriticalDumas firefighters to honor fallen heroes in 1956 Shamrock McKee Refinery ExplosionNewsChannel 10 · matched mckee
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Operations LowValero union workers at McKee, Texas refinery reject company contract offer -sourcesReuters · matched mckee
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Operations HighValero raising FCC production at McKee, Texas refinery after power outage -sourcesReuters · matched mckee
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Incident CriticalOfficials honor lives lost in Shamrock McKee Refinery Explosionamarillo.com + 1 other outlet · matched mckee
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Incident HighValero McKee Refinery Propane FireU.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | CSB (.gov) · matched mckee
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General LowThe Valero McKee Refinery works hand in hand with The Moore County AirportNewsChannel 10 · matched mckee
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General LowMcKee refinery to donate $300Kamarillo.com + 1 other outlet · matched mckee
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Expansion LowValero to expand unit at McKeeMySA · matched mckee
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Incident HighCSB Determines Massive Propane Fire at Valero Refinery in Sunray, Texas, Resulted from Water Freezing and Cracking Idle Section of Process Piping; New Safety Video Released - Investigationscsb.gov + 1 other outlet · matched sunray
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Incident HighCSB to Conduct Full Investigation of Valero McKee Refinery Fire, Field Team Returns to Washington to Analyze Evidence - InvestigationsU.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | CSB (.gov) · matched mckee
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Incident HighStatement of CSB Supervisory Investigator Don Holmstrom Updating the Public on the Investigation of the Valero McKee Refinery Fire - Investigationscsb.gov + 1 other outlet · matched mckee
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.