Corpus Christi (Citgo) refinery
Refinery configuration
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 15.5
Major process units:
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 174 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 85 kbpd
Coker - 46 kbpd - Foster Wheeler design. Expanded by Fluor Daniel.
FCC - 71 kbpd
Reformer - 52 kbpd - Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 53 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 102 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 71 kbpd - UOP HC Unibon process
FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 47 kbpd
Alkylation - 26 kbpd - HF acid
Aromatics extraction - 16.3 kbpd
Pet coke - 17 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 370 t/d
Land - 890 acres
Employees - 1050
Refinery history
Refinery history
1935 - Built by Pontiac Refining
1970 - Refinery acquired by Champlin
1970 - Champlin acquired by Union Pacific Resources
1983 - Coker added (36 kbpd)
1987 - Champlin acquired by PDVSA
1991 - Champlin merged with Citgo
2006 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added