Lake Charles (Calcasieu) refinery
The Calcasieu Lake Charles refinery is a small, simple refinery located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Lake Charles, Louisiana in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Calcasieu Refining.
The refinery's configuration limits it to making largely straight run products and processing light sweet crude oil.
Refinery configuration
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 1.9
Major process units:
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 137 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 36 kbpd
Refinery history
Refinery history
1977 - Refinery built by Calcasieu Refining
1981 - Acquired by CPI
1984 - Acquired by Calcasieu
2017 - C4 isomerization shut down