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Lake Charles Refinery

Lake Charles Refinery: refinery site in United States. Operator, crude distillation capacity where a public source records it, products, location and sources.

Site facts

Country
United States
Operator
Citgo Petroleum Corporation
Start date (OpenStreetMap)
1944
Site point (WGS 84)
30.17801, -93.32839

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Crude distillation capacity

471,200 barrels per calendar day

EIA operable, calendar day · EIA, 1 January 2026

Operating
471,200 b/cd
Operable, stream day
496,000 b/sd
Projected operable, next year
496,000 b/sd

Location

Location: Lake Charles Refinery

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EIA Refinery Capacity Report record

Reporting company
CITGO PETROLEUM CORP
Corporation
PDV AMERICA INC
EIA site
LAKE CHARLES
State
Louisiana
Refining district
Louisiana Gulf Coast
PADD region
PADD 3 · Gulf Coast

Matched to the OpenStreetMap site by company and place name.

Downstream process units (b/sd)
  1. Vacuum distillation241,000 b/sd
  2. Catalytic cracking · fresh feed148,000 b/sd
  3. Desulfurization · naphtha and reformer feed135,000 b/sd
  4. Delayed coking110,000 b/sd
  5. Desulfurization · diesel103,000 b/sd
  6. Desulfurization · gasoline85,400 b/sd
  7. Desulfurization · kerosene and jet70,300 b/sd
  8. Catalytic reforming · low pressure65,000 b/sd
  9. Catalytic reforming · high pressure54,000 b/sd
  10. Desulfurization · other51,800 b/sd
  11. Hydrocracking · gas oil51,200 b/sd
  12. Catalytic cracking · recycled feed3,000 b/sd

Production capacity

ProductCurrent yearNext yearUnit
Alkylates28,10028,100barrels per stream day
Aromatics32,00032,000barrels per stream day
Isomerization · isopentane and isohexane32,00032,000barrels per stream day
Marketable petroleum coke32,82032,820barrels per stream day
Sulfur717717short tons per day

Products in OpenStreetMap tags

  • Gasoline
  • Jet fuel and kerosene
  • Diesel and gas oil
  • Petrochemical feedstocks
  • LPG
  • Fuel oil and residue
  • Petroleum coke
  • Sulfur

Tag: product=gasoline;jet_fuel;diesel;benzene;toluene;xylene;refinery_grade_propylene;propane;decant_oil;petroleum_coke;sulfur

Identifiers and sources

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