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Valero Starting New Coker at Port Arthur

OIL

Valero is starting up production on a new coker at its 335,000-bpd Port Arthur, Texas, refinery.

  • The startup of production on the new 55,000-bpd coker follows completion of an overhaul of the 115,000-bpd AVU-147 CDU.
  • Valero continues to struggle with restarting the 66,000-bpd gas oil hydrotreater (GOHT) shut by a fire on Sunday according to Reuters sources.

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