CITGO
Also known as:
Cities Service, PDVSA (formerly part of)
CITGO is an independent refining company in the US with three refineries.
Refineries
United Sates
Corpus Christi - 174 kbpd CITGO (100%)
Lake Charles - 440 kbpd CITGO (100%)
Lemont - 189 kbpd CITGO (100%)
Refining history
1910 - Cities Service Company formed
1944 - Lake Charles refinery built by Cities Service
1965 - Company renamed Citgo
1982 - Citgo acquired by Occidental
1983 - Citgo acquired by Southland
1986 - 50% share of Citgo acquired by PDVSA
1990 - 100% share of Citgo acquired by PDVSA
1991 - Champlin merged with Citgo, bringing the Corpus Christi refinery
1997 - Lemont refinery acquired by PDVSA (Citgo)
2019 - CITGO was separated from PDVSA and formed its own independent Board of Directors
2024 - A US Federal judge has announced plans to auction Citgo assets as part of settlement with PDVSA creditors