Valero Starts Up Coker Pt Arthur Refinery

[Charles Randall]

Valero Starts Up Units at Port Arthur, Texas, Refinery

By Barbara Powell
     March 31, 2008 (Bloomberg) — Valero Energy Corp., the largest
U.S. refiner, said it restarted a delayed coker and a
hydrocracker at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, after a power
failure March 27.
     The coker is running at reduced rates because two of its
six drums were already shut to repair cracks, Bill Day, a Valero
spokesman, said today in an interview. The hydrocracker is
“running at close to planned rates, he said.
     The Port Arthur refinery, the largest of Valero’s 17
plants, is capable of processing 325,000 barrels of crude a day,
according to Valero.

–Editor: Bill Banker, Theo Mullen

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Barbara Powell in Dallas at +1-214-954-9457 or
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[Charles Randall]

Valero to Repair Port Arthur Refinery Coker Drums by Mid-May
2008-04-29 11:44 (New York)
By Barbara Powell and Jordan Burke
     April 29 (Bloomberg) — Valero Energy Corp., the largest
U.S. refiner, said it will finish repairing the six coker drums
on the delayed coker at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery in the
middle of May.
     The San Antonio-based refiner will then install new drums
in 2009 or 2010, Chief Executive Officer Bill Klesse said today
in an earnings conference call. The refinery has run at reduced
rates since the coker drum repairs began in February.
     Coking is a high-temperature, high-pressure method of
extracting gasoline components from heavy and sour oil.
      The Port Arthur refinery, the largest of Valero’s 17
plants, is capable of processing 325,000 barrels of crude a day,
according to Valero.

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