MOTIVA ENTERPRISES PORT ARTHUR REFINERY

How MOTIVA ENTERPRISES PORT ARTHUR REFINERY compares

With 277 MW of capacity, MOTIVA ENTERPRISES PORT ARTHUR REFINERY ranks 100th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 80th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.4% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 481st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1957, it is older than 93% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Jefferson County with 6 other operating plants, including EXXONMOBIL BEAUMONT REFINERY and AIR PRODUCTS PORT ARTHUR.

EIA-860 lists 9 generators at the site with 277 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 1,660 GWh in 2024 (a 68% capacity factor), about 2.7 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 1957 and 2011.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by ENTERGY TEXAS, INC., about 0.4 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 3,733 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SABINE (2,051 MW, Natural Gas).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology