Valero's Port Arthur refinery prepares small CDU restart
4/3/2023 2:00:50 PM
(Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp is preparing to restart the small crude distillation unit (CDU) at its 335,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas refinery after completing a planned overhaul, said people familiar with plant operations.
A new coker at the Port Arthur refinery will start up initial production once the 115,000-bpd AVU-147 CDU restarts, the sources said.
A Valero spokesperson did not reply to a request for comment.
The 55,000-bpd coker is expected to come on-line by early May, company officials have said. Cokers convert residual crude oil from distillation units into either feedstock for motor fuels or petroleum coke, a substitute for coal.
CDUs break down crude oil into feedstock for all other units at the refinery.
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