Valero St. Charles Refinery
Large load · 14902 RIVER ROAD, Norco, LA
The Valero St. Charles Refinery in Norco, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, has 340,000 barrels per day of throughput capacity and receives electricity from Entergy Louisiana. A 2011 federal assessment put its average annual electricity use for 2007 and 2008 at 971,326 MWh, or 110.9 MW.
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Overview
The refinery has 340,000 barrels per day of throughput capacity and processes sour crude oils and other feedstocks into gasoline and diesel. Valero completed a $230 million fluid catalytic cracking unit optimization project at the refinery in 2026. Valero announced a $400 million investment in the alkylation unit at the refinery.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- A 2011 federal assessment states that the refinery and other industrial customers in the area receive electricity from Entergy Louisiana, LLC. The same assessment reports the refinery's average annual electricity usage for 2007 and 2008 was 971,326 MWH, or 110.9 MW. It describes an Entergy substation located at the refinery. An ENERGY STAR guide reports a 36 MW power recovery turbine on the refinery's FCC unit that offsets external power requirements.
- Ownership and adjacent facilities
- The 1,000-acre refinery is owned and operated by Valero Refining – New Orleans, L.L.C. The refinery is adjacent to the Diamond Green Diesel plant, a joint venture between Valero Energy Corporation and Darling Ingredients Inc. producing renewable diesel.
Facility
- Activity
- Refining sour crude oil into gasoline and diesel
- Industry
- Industrial
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating