# Shell Deer Park

ERCOT asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/shell-deer-park

Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership · Harris County · ERCOT

Shell Deer Park is EIA Plant ID 50304, an industrial power facility at the Deer Park manufacturing complex in Harris County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory lists 274 MW of nameplate capacity and 243 MW of net summer capability across four operating generators: two 45.9 MW purchased-steam units that entered service in October 1979 and two natural-gas combustion turbines that entered service in April 1995. Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership is the EIA registered operator. PEMEX has been the refinery's sole owner since January 2022, while Shell continues to own and operate the separate chemical facility at the site.

## Profile

- **Grid role:** Industrial cogeneration serving the Deer Park manufacturing complex.
- **Operating configuration:** Two purchased-steam generators · two natural-gas combustion turbines.
- **Capacity scope:** 274 MW EIA nameplate · 243 MW EIA net summer capability.
- **Site ownership:** PEMEX owns the refinery; Shell owns and operates the separate chemical facility.

## Metrics

- **Net summer capability:** 243 MW — EIA May 2026
- **Nameplate capacity:** 274 MW — Four operating generators
- **Purchased-steam units:** 91.8 MW — Two × 45.9 MW · Oct 1979
- **Gas-turbine nameplate:** 182.2 MW — 88.2 MW + 94 MW · Apr 1995
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 50304 — Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership

## Facts

- **Net summer capability:** 243 MW — EIA · confidence: high
- **Nameplate capacity:** 274 MW — EIA · confidence: high
- **Registered operator:** Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership — EIA · confidence: high
- **Refinery owner:** PEMEX — PEMEX · confidence: high

## Related parties

- **Project company and EIA registered operator:** Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership — EIA May 2026 generator inventory

## Sources

- [EIA May 2026 generator inventory](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/) — U.S. Energy Information Administration · regulatory — Current generator records, capacity scopes, dates, status, operator, and technology.

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Website: [PEMEX Deer Park](https://www.pemex.com/deerpark/en/aboutus/Paginas/site_history.aspx)
Profile published: 2026-07-17T03:34:48.054Z
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