Deer Park Refinery

Deer Park Refinery is an oil refinery located in Deer Park, Texas on the Houston Ship Channel in the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. Dating to 1929, it has been operated since 1993 as a 50-50 joint venture between Shell Oil Company and PEMEX.[1]

Deer Park Refinery
Location of the Deer Park Refinery in Texas
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
City Baytown
Coordinates29.7196°N 95.1320°W / 29.7196; -95.1320
Refinery details
Owner(s)Shell Oil Company and PEMEX
Commissioned1929 (1929)
Capacity275,000 bbl/d (43,700 m3/d)

As of December 2017, the plant is the fourth-largest taxpayer[2] and the tenth largest employer[3] in Harris County.

The refinery has a 275,000 bbl/d (43,700 m3/d) crude processing capacity,[4] making it the 18th largest in the US,[5] as of January 2019, with a facility that includes crude & vacuum distillation, delayed coker, fluid catalytic cracker, hydrocracker, polymerization, and alkylation units. Secondary processing units make the refinery's capacity 340,000 bbl/d (54,000 m3/d).[1]

Construction of the Deer Park refinery began in 1929, on an 800-acre site, and has expanded several times over the years. Construction of the petrochemical facilities began in 1940. Today, the facility encompasses 2,300 acres and employs 1,500 Shell employees, and 1,200 contract employees of several subcontractors. Shell Deer Park currently includes the refinery, Shell Deer Park Chemical Plant and Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership.[6][7]

References
  1. Fielden, Sandy (September 6, 2018). "Let's Stay Together - Pemex And Shell Renew Their Deer Park Vows, With A Commodity Twist". RBN Energy, LLC. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  2. Michael Post, County Auditor. "Harris County, Texas, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended February 28, 2018" (PDF). p. 188. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  3. Michael Post, County Auditor. "Harris County, Texas, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended February 28, 2018" (PDF). p. 197. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  4. "Refinery Capacity 2019, Table 5, Refiners' Total Operable Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity as of January 1, 2019" (PDF). Energy Information Administration. p. 39. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  5. "U.S. Energy Information Administration: U.S. Refineries Operable Capacity". Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  6. "Shell Deer Park Refining in Deer Park, Texas". Kraft & Associates. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  7. "About Shell Deer Park". Shell US. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
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