Memphis Refinery
A 195,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Memphis, TN, operated by Valero Energy. Nelson Complexity 7.5.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 195,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 7.5
- Status
- Operator
- Valero Energy
- Parent
- Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO)
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/valero-energy
- Coordinates
- 35.0917, -90.0481
- PADD
- 2
Feedstock slate
- Average API gravity
- 34°
- Average sulfur
- 1%
- Primary grades
- WTI, LLS
Product yield
| Gasoline | 48% |
| Distillate | 33% |
| Jet | 11% |
| Residual | 3% |
| Other | 5% |
Notes
News headline explicitly reports 'Fire breaks out after oil refinery explosion' at an oil refinery facility. This indicates a significant incident that would render the facility inoperable, contradicting the current 'operational' status in the database.
What coverage reports
Elon Musk’s Memphis AI facility under fire for polluting Black neighborhood
2025-05-27 · 1 publisher filed it
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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Maintenance CriticalValero Shuts Gasoline Unit for Overhaul at Memphis Refinery Through NovemberPipeline and Gas Journal · matched memphis
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Incident HighElon Musk’s Memphis AI facility under fire for polluting Black neighborhoodtheblackwallsttimes.com · matched memphis
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Incident HighWhat we can VERIFY about the truck fire near the Valero Memphis refinerylocalmemphis.com · matched memphis
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Incident HighFuel truck catches fire at Valero Memphis Refinery , 1 injuredAction News 5 · matched memphis
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Incident LowOfficials release cause of flareup at Valero refinery in MemphisFOX13 Memphis · matched memphis
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General LowRichardson plans $220 million oil refinery in MemphisFood Business News · matched memphis
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General LowMemphis pipeline canceled after environmental justice feudE&E News by POLITICO · matched memphis
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General LowMemphis pipeline rekindles eminent domain fightE&E News by POLITICO · matched memphis
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General LowMemphis pipeline faces environmental justice reckoningE&E News by POLITICO · matched memphis
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General LowToxic air. Insufficient monitors. Why Memphis families fighting Byhalia pipeline have had enoughThe Commercial Appeal · matched memphis
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General LowByhalia pipeline: Toxic refinery pollution, monitoring blind spot in southwest MemphisThe Commercial Appeal · matched memphis
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Incident LowValero cleans up oil after Memphis refinery flare; excess toxic gas releaseMLK50: Justice Through Journalism · matched memphis
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General LowEvening flare from Valero refinery in South Memphis triggers confusion and concernThe Commercial Appeal · matched memphis
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General LowValero Memphis, Tennessee, refinery operating at two-thirds capacityHydrocarbon Processing · matched memphis
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General LowProposed Byhalia Connection pipeline would run from Memphis to Marshall County, MississippiThe Commercial Appeal · matched memphis
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General LowTexas companies propose crude oil pipeline connecting Memphis, ByhaliaThe Business Journals · matched memphis
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General LowValero's Memphis plant to add workersThe Business Journals + 1 other outlet · matched memphis
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General LowMemphis, Tennessee - In with a New Crude Oil Pipeline and Maybe Out with AnotherRBN Energy · matched memphis
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.