Port Arthur refinery plans expansion - October 02, 2005

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryOctober 2005

Vol. 10, No. 40

Week of October 02, 2005

Port Arthur refinery plans expansion

A Port Arthur, Texas, oil refinery plans an expansion that would double its capacity, making it one of the nation’s largest, city officials said.

Motiva is planning a $3.8 billion expansion that would increase the refinery’s capacity from 285,000 barrels per day to as much as 570,000 barrels, Port Arthur Mayor Oscar Ortiz said.

That would make the refinery larger than ExxonMobil’s Baytown refinery, which is the biggest in the United States.

A Motiva spokesman couldn’t confirm details of the expansion, but said the company is starting a process engineering study to find a Gulf refinery to expand.

Motiva is a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco.

—The Associated Press

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