McKee refinery

Also known as: 

Sunray

McKee is a large, medium complexity refinery located 45 miles north of Amarillo, Texas in the US.

The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Valero.

The refinery processes light domestic US crude that it receives by pipeline from West Texas and across the Midwest.

Refinery unit capacities

Complexity: 8.0

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 200 kbpd

Vacuum distillation - 50 kbpd

Solvent deasphalting - 15 kbpd - Kellogg ROSE technology. Converted from C3 SDA. Revamp adde ROSEMAX separator internals.

FCC - 56 kbpd

Hydrocracker - 30 kbpd

Reformer - 29 kbpd - Continuous

Reformer - 18 kbpd - Semiregen

Naphtha hydrotreater - 44 kbpd

Distillate hydrotreater - 48 kbpd

FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 40 kbpd

Alkylation - 10 kbpd - Sulfuric acid

C4 Isomerization - 3 kbpd

Hydrogen production - 30 MMscfd

Asphalt plant - 12 kpd

Sulfur plant - 75 t/d

Land -  5000 acres

Employees - 475

Location

6701 FM 119, HCR Box 36, Sunray, TX 79086 USA

McKee refinery website

Refinery history

1933 - Built by Shamrock Oil

1967 - Merged with Diamond to form Diamond Shamrock

2002 - Acquired by Valero

2006 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater added

2012 - Hydrogen plant added

2015 - Crude unit expansion (25 kbpd). $140MM project.