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Where are the 10 largest US petroleum refineries located?
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:12 pm
It won’t surprise most on this site that 8 of the 10 are located in Texas or Louisiana. It might surprise some who owns the largest one though.
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Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:16 pm to redstick13
East Texas hurricane stttttaaaacckex
Saudi Aramco fuuuuckkked
Seriously, shareholders give them shite over not being diversified in location.
Saudi Aramco fuuuuckkked
Seriously, shareholders give them shite over not being diversified in location.
Posted on 7/25/25 at 12:17 am to redstick13
I guess we best all hope TX and LA don't ever decide to turn the spigot off.
Posted on 7/25/25 at 12:36 am to redstick13
From crude production to finished product to end consumer, the refinery segment in that value chain is a capex consuming monster with downtime, safety and environmental risk and at times volatile $ margins. Not the sweet spot in that chain.
This post was edited on 7/25/25 at 12:38 am
Posted on 7/25/25 at 6:38 am to Artificial Ignorance
True. But without it, the rest doesn't matter.
Posted on 7/25/25 at 6:53 am to redstick13
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petroleum refineries
It's what made Louisiana worth nuking for the Soviets.
And I guess the Port of New Orleans.
Posted on 7/25/25 at 6:57 am to redstick13
China and Russia with the Mark Cuban .gif
Posted on 7/25/25 at 7:02 am to redstick13
OP’s question sounds like a trap set by Tom Homan.
Posted on 7/25/25 at 7:12 am to fightin tigers
Without refineries and chemical plants Louisiana would be mostly sugar cane fields.
Posted on 7/25/25 at 7:34 am to fightin tigers
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shareholders give them shite over not being diversified in location.
Why? When was the last time the plant was damaged by a hurricane? Decades of hurricanes, and what impacts the flow of oil and refined products is usually power outages in pipelines and other transfer facilities, not the refineries themselves. I understand your comment is emotion based, but the insurance reviews for business continuity planning aren't cursory. There is too much money at stake.
Posted on 7/25/25 at 7:52 am to redstick13
What about Clam Corp?
Posted on 7/25/25 at 8:01 am to greenbean
Norco is only like 250K per day
Posted on 7/25/25 at 8:06 am to redstick13
The company I work for has an IT contract with the ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery and I periodically go there. That place is like it's own city.
Posted on 7/25/25 at 8:28 am to redstick13
Y ou d think there would be three hotbeds in the USA.
Cali
La/Tex
And maybe Baltimore/Norfolk corridor for hurricanes and other disasters.
Instead 90% of the largest refineries are in one spot. And I understand why.
But you’d think we’d diversify our refinery-folio.
Cali
La/Tex
And maybe Baltimore/Norfolk corridor for hurricanes and other disasters.
Instead 90% of the largest refineries are in one spot. And I understand why.
But you’d think we’d diversify our refinery-folio.
This post was edited on 7/25/25 at 8:29 am
Posted on 7/25/25 at 8:33 am to LemmyLives
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Why? When was the last time the plant was damaged by a hurricane?
2017. Harvey. Shutdown for weeks and took months to get back to full capacity. Saudi Aramco had nowhere to divert their oil in North America. No diversity.
All the Saudi/Motiva assets are at one site, my comment has nothing to do with emotion or insurance.
2018 story about the pressures
This post was edited on 7/25/25 at 9:32 am
Posted on 7/25/25 at 9:40 am to Defenseiskey
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ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery and I periodically go there. That place is like it's own city.
The ChevronPhillips Chemical Plant off I-10 in Mont Belvieu is an impressive site at night/early morning before daylight.
Posted on 7/25/25 at 9:42 am to redstick13
I've been out of the game for a while, but I've done work in 9 of those 10. Wowzers.
Posted on 7/25/25 at 9:49 am to redstick13
Who posted that/where is this data from? I thought the P66 in Wood River, IL was over 400k BPD
Posted on 7/25/25 at 9:51 am to ragincajun03
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The ChevronPhillips Chemical Plant off I-10 in Mont Belvieu is an impressive site at night/early morning before daylight.
I've never seen a more impressive facility. I build these places for a living and that one just blows my mind
Posted on 7/25/25 at 9:52 am to dstone12
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But you’d think we’d diversify our refinery-folio.
We had them with the NE, Midwest, and the West Coast, but economics and politics have consolidated them.
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