Refinery

Pembroke Refinery

Valero ·Wales, GB ·NYSE:VLO ·v1.1

A 270,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Wales, GB, operated by Valero. Status: closed.

Record

Rated capacity
270,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Status
Closed
Operator
Valero
Parent
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO)
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/valero-wales
Coordinates
55.6541, -4.4556

Notes

January 2026 Telegraph article explicitly states 'One of Britain's last oil refineries to be mothballed despite rescue deal', indicating the Pembroke Refinery has been shut down. February 2026 Forecourt Trader article references UK's four oil refineries under carbon tax pressure, suggesting Pembroke is no longer operational.

What coverage reports

140 days since one was reported

Keir Starmer condemns ‘reckless’ Iranian attack on Kuwaiti oil refinery
2026-04-03 · 1 publisher filed it

1 reported in 12 months

conflict 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

34 records11 Mar 2011 to 1 Aug 2026General 20 · Incident 8 · Conflict 2 · Operations 2
  1. General Low
    Valero Pembroke Refinery Raises £700k for Charity

    Valero Pembroke Refinery hosted a cheque presentation evening after raising £700,000 for charities through its Benefit for Children fundraising event.

    Tenby Observer · matched pembroke
  2. General Low
    Welsh Government urged to protect jobs at Pembroke Refinery
    tenby-today.co.uk + 1 other outlet · matched pembroke
  3. Conflict Low
    Keir Starmer condemns ‘reckless’ Iranian attack on Kuwaiti oil refinery
    South Wales Argus · matched pembroke
  4. General Low
    Valero Pembroke refinery holds successful Apprentice Open Day
    tenby-today.co.uk + 1 other outlet · matched pembroke
  5. General Low
    Valero Pembroke Refinery welcomes new vice president and general manager
    The Pembrokeshire Herald · matched pembroke
  6. General Low
    New Manager at Valero Refinery Pembroke announced
    Narberth & Whitland Observer · matched pembroke
  7. General Low
    Pembroke Refinery donates beach accessible wheelchair
    tenby-today.co.uk + 1 other outlet · matched pembroke
  8. Operations High
    Pembroke refinery construction workers ballot for strike over pay
    Unite the Union · matched pembroke
  9. General Low
    2Wish announced as Valero Pembroke refinery charity of the year
    tenby-today.co.uk + 1 other outlet · matched pembroke
  10. Conflict High
    Strike delays distribution from Valero’s Pembroke oil refinery
    Reuters · matched pembroke
  11. Operations High
    Valero: Pembroke refinery workers strike over pay offer
    BBC · matched pembroke
  12. General Low
    “I shall remember the warmth and generosity of the people of the Pembroke refinery:” Valero general manager retires
    The Western Telegraph · matched pembroke
  13. General Low
    Pembroke oil refinery plunges to loss as pandemic hits demand
    The Telegraph · matched pembroke
  14. Incident High
    Warning to public to expect ‘planned flaring’ at Valero’s Pembroke refinery
    The Pembrokeshire Herald · matched pembroke
  15. Incident High
    Large flares and smoke at Pembroke Refinery
    The Western Telegraph · matched pembroke
  16. General Low
    Pembroke Oil Refinery, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
    NS Energy · matched pembroke
  17. General Low
    Large flares are burning at Valero's Pembroke refinery site today
    Milford Mercury · matched pembroke
  18. Incident Critical
    Valero fined £5m following fatal Pembroke refinery explosion in 2011
    The Chemical Engineer · matched pembroke
  19. Incident Critical
    Shocking footage of the Pembroke Refinery explosion, which claimed four workers' lives
    Milford Mercury + 1 other outlet · matched pembroke
  20. Incident Critical
    Company fined over £6 million for fatal Pembroke refinery oil explosion
    ITVX · matched pembroke
  21. Incident Critical
    "Systemic failures" led to fatal Chevron Pembroke refinery explosion, Swansea Crown Court told
    The Western Telegraph · matched pembroke
  22. General Low
    Safety first
    pembroke-today.co.uk + 1 other outlet · matched pembroke
  23. General Critical
    Firms pleads guilty over Pembroke oil refinery deaths
    BBC · matched pembroke
  24. Incident Critical
    Pembroke oil refinery blast: Charges brought against companies
    BBC · matched pembroke
  25. General Low
    Work to begin on £127m Valero Pembroke Refinery project
    The Western Telegraph · matched pembroke
  26. Expansion Medium
    Multi-million pound investment in new energy plant will safeguard 1,000 jobs at Pembroke refinery
    Wales Online · matched pembroke
  27. General Low
    Pembroke Dock: ‘Flower Power’ for town thanks to refinery
    The Pembrokeshire Herald · matched pembroke
  28. General Low
    Wood Group win Pembroke Refinery framework deal
    insider.co.uk · matched pembroke
  29. General Low
    Prince William & Kate Middleton Visit The Valero Pembroke Refinery
    Celeb Dirty Laundry · matched pembroke
  30. General Low
    Prince William and Catherine at Remembrance Sunday and Pembroke Refinery|Lainey Gossip Entertainment Update
    LaineyGossip · matched pembroke
  31. General Low
    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the Valero Pembroke Refinery - Prince William Wife - 7
    gofugyourself.com + 1 other outlet · matched pembroke
  32. General Low
    Valero Energy to Purchase Chevron's Pembroke Refinery, Marketing and Logisitics Assets in the U.K. and Ireland
    euro-petrole.com + 1 other outlet · matched pembroke
  33. Incident Critical
    Two killed in explosion a Chevron oil refinery in Pembroke Dock, Wales
    The Telegraph · matched pembroke
  34. Expansion Low
    Valero to acquire Chevron’s UK Pembroke refinery for $730m
    ICIS · matched pembroke

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