Project Profile
Value: US$1.4 Billion
Location: East of the City of Pascagoula in an unincorporated area of east Jackson County.
Capacity: 13.9 million gallons of crude oil per day
Production (project\'s end): 25,000 barrels per day approx
Completion: Year-end 2013
Pascagoula Refinery began in 1963 and operates around the clock, 365 days a year. The Pascagoula Refinery processes 13.9 million gallons of crude oil per day in the manufacture of petroleum products and chemicals used to manufacture many other useful products. Pascagoula is primarily a \"fuels\" refinery, in that the refinery\'s primary products are motor gasoline, jet fuel and diesel fuel. Other products include fuel oils such as bunker fuel, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), aviation gasoline, petroleum coke and sulfur. It also manufactures specialty products that include paraxylene, a pure compound used as a feed stock in the textile and plastics industry, and benzene and ethylbenzene, used in the manufacture of a wide range of products including automobile tires, sporting goods, nylon and pharmaceuticals.
The Pascagoula Refinery’s manufacturing, storage and shipping facilities consist of 20 major refining process units, more than 200 tanks (600 million gallons total capacity), and four marine terminals with seven berths. The refinery is owned by Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a Chevron company, and operated by the Global Refining Division of Chevron Company. The value of the refinery is approximately US$1,900 Million Dollars.
Chevron has submitted an environmental permit application to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the construction of a premium base oil facility at the Pascagoula Refinery, the Pascagoula Base Oil Project. If approved, the facility is expected to produce approximately 25,000 barrels per day of premium base oil for use in manufacturing high-performance lubricants, such as motor oils, for consumer and commercial uses.
Operator:
Chevron: Operator with 100% interest