Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery
Large load · 8189 Old FM 524, Old Ocean, TX
The Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery at 8189 Old FM 524 in Brazoria County, Texas has a crude throughput of 277 MBD and a total throughput of 314 MBD. The onsite Sweeny Cogeneration plant, a 480 MW nameplate simple cycle cogeneration plant, supplies process steam and electricity to the refinery and sells the excess into ERCOT.
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Overview
The refinery site is approximately 14,000 acres with approximately 980 employees, and crude throughput is 277 MBD with total throughput of 314 MBD. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- Sweeny Cogeneration is a simple cycle, cogeneration power plant with a nameplate capacity of 480 MW and supplies process steam and electricity to the Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery and sells the excess capacity into the ERCOT market. ERCOT ISO and Texas-New Mexico Power Co are the Transmission Operators for Phillips. Units 1, 2, and 4 connect at 138kv and Unit 3 connects at 69kv.
- History
- The refinery was built in 1942 and purchased by Phillips 66 in 1947. The original $200 million cogeneration plant was to convert refinery residue gas to steam and electricity for the refinery, and Phillips would purchase steam and electricity from the plant.
Facility
- Activity
- Crude oil refining
- Industry
- Industrial
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Permits and agreements
- Agreement
- Phillips will purchase steam and electricity from the plant. Surplus electricity will be sold on the Texas wholesale market.
Related records
Timeline
- Sep 23, 1996
- $200 million Sweeny cogeneration plant reported
Texas JV to burn residue gas in cogen unit | Oil & Gas Journal