Valero Houston Refinery Expansion: Valero to Acquire LyondellBasell Site for $320.5M

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    "title": "Valero Houston Refinery Expansion: Valero to Acquire LyondellBasell Site for $320.5M - Construction Review",
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    "excerpt": "Valero Energy Corp. has revealed that it plans to acquire a former LyondellBasell Industries NV Houston refinery. The acquisition will see Valero restart 165,000 b/d of light sweet crude oil processing by yearend 2027. Valero Refining-Texas LP reached an agreement to acquire the shuttered full-conversion refinery from LyondellBasell for $320.5 million. Furthermore, the transaction will include approximately 700 acres on the Houston Ship Channel adjacent to the Valero Houston Refinery, 13.5 million bbl of storage capacity, and logistics infrastructure including marine docks, rail-loading facilities, and truck racks. The acquisition will help to curb intermediate feedstock shortages across Valero’s US Gulf Coast refining system. Therefore, this will cut reliance on third-party purchases while creating opportunities to integrate refining and logistics operations. Moreover, this facility will join other refineries in ensuring fuel security in the US. Additionally, incremental FCC and hydrocracker feed production would cut external feedstock sourcing. On the other hand, excess hydrotreating capacity could be used to upgrade intermediates from other Valero US Gulf Coast refineries, the company said. LyondellBasell announced plans in April 2022 to cease operation of subsidiary Houston Refining LP’s 268,000-b/d refinery. This move is part of its exit from the crude oil refining...",
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