VALERO REFINERY CORPUS CHRISTI WEST

How VALERO REFINERY CORPUS CHRISTI WEST compares

With 69 MW of capacity, VALERO REFINERY CORPUS CHRISTI WEST ranks 205th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and is the largest of the 5 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 71% of Texas's operating Oil capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 53rd-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1983, it is older than 74% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Nueces County with 6 other operating plants, including BARNEY M DAVIS and NUECES BAY.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 69 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly petroleum coke technology. Net generation was 99.3 GWh in 2024 (a 16% capacity factor), down 34% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by AEP TEXAS CENTRAL CO., about 1.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 3,815 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BARNEY M DAVIS (1,082 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