Marquee Refinery

Port Arthur Refinery

Valero Energy ·Port Arthur, TX ·NYSE:VLO ·v1.1

A 395,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Port Arthur, TX, operated by Valero Energy. Nelson Complexity 15.

Record

Rated capacity
395,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Nelson Complexity Index
15
Status
Operating
Operator
Valero Energy
Parent
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO)
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/valero-energy
Coordinates
29.8908, -93.9489
PADD
3
Commissioned
1901

Feedstock slate

Average API gravity
24°
Average sulfur
2.5%
Primary grades
Maya, Mars, WCS

Product yield

Gasoline45%
Distillate33%
Jet11%
Residual4%
Other7%

What coverage reports

60 days since one was reported

TotalEnergies Targets Full Restart of Port Arthur Refinery After Lightning-Induced Power Outage
2026-06-22 · 2 publishers filed it

8 reported in 12 months

incident 7 · operations 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

17 records2 May 2017 to 4 Aug 2026Incident 7 · Maintenance 5 · General 3 · Operations 1
  1. Maintenance Medium
    Motiva to restart Port Arthur gasoline unit after repairs
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched arthur
  2. Maintenance Medium
    TotalEnergies restarts crude units at Port Arthur after repairs
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched arthur
  3. Maintenance Critical
    Motiva shuts Port Arthur gasoline unit for maintenance
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched arthur
  4. Operations High
    TotalEnergies Targets Full Restart of Port Arthur Refinery After Lightning-Induced Power Outage
    ChemAnalyst + 1 other outlet · matched arthur
  5. Incident Critical
    Port Arthur residents seek answers after refinery explosion releases pollutants exceeding state limits
    MSN · matched arthur
  6. Incident High
    Fire engulfs massive Texas oil refinery in Port Arthur
    Washington Examiner · matched arthur
  7. General Low
    Construction advances on Port Arthur LNG terminal
    LNG Prime · matched arthur
  8. Incident Critical
    No injuries reported after explosion at Port Arthur refinery
    MSN · matched arthur
  9. General Low
    Port Arthur : A Cutting-edge Refining and Petrochemicals Platform
    TotalEnergies.com · matched arthur
  10. Incident Critical
    Port Arthur refinery explosion removes 415k bpd from market
    Wood Mackenzie · matched arthur
  11. Incident Critical
    Explosion at Texas refinery triggers shelter-in-place in Port Arthur
    KCENTV.com + 7 other outlets · matched arthur
  12. Incident High
    Explosions at a Texas refinery – What does the Port Arthur fire mean for the market?
    XTB.com · matched arthur
  13. Incident Critical
    Shelter-in-place order lifted, fire out after Port Arthur refinery explosion
    CW39 Houston + 1 other outlet · matched arthur
  14. Policy Low
    TCEQ fines Motiva Enterprises $13,125 for 2023 emissions event at its Port Arthur refinery
    12newsnow.com · matched arthur
  15. Maintenance Medium
    Motiva Restarts Unit at Port Arthur Refinery after Lengthy Overhaul
    OilPrice.com · matched arthur
  16. Maintenance Critical
    Motiva shuts coker at Port Arthur, Texas refinery for repairs -sources
    reuters.com · matched arthur
  17. General Low
    Motiva's Port Arthur Refinery, largest in U.S., becomes 100% Saudi owned
    12newsnow.com · matched arthur

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.