Memphis refinery

Memphis is a medium sized, medium complexity refinery located on the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee in the US,

The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Valero.

The refinery primarily processes light, sweet crude that it receives from the Capline crude oil pipeline. 

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 9.6

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 195 kbpd

RCC - 70 kbpd

Hydrocracker - 27 kbpd

Reformer - 36 kbpd - Continuous

Naphtha hydrotreater - 52 kbpd

Distillate hydrotreater - 39 kbpd

FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 39 kbpd

Alkylation - 13 kbpd - HF acid

Aromatics extraction - 29 kbpd

Hydrogen production - 30 MMscfd

Sulfur plant - 116 t/d

Land -  250 acres

Employees - 310

Location

543 W Mallory Ave, Memphis, TN 38109 USA

Memphis refinery website

Refinery history

1941 - Built by Delta Refining

1981 - Acquired by Mapco

1998 - Acquired by Williams

2003 - Acquired by Premcor

2005 - Acquired by Valero

2010 - Aromatics extraction added

2012 - Hydrogen plant added

2013 - Hydrocracker added an distillate hydrotreater shut down