Happy Wednesday! We hope you had a chance to enjoy the lovely weather today. Let’s get started.
We have blogged in the past on LyondellBasell
and how they were handling the changing times.
We blogged on them possibly making their 100-year-old refinery into a
chemical waste recycling unit as well as them closing the facility, see our
Blog May 2025 and November 2024. We blogged
on them joining the HyVelocity Hydrogen Hub back at the end of October 2023.
Well, looks like LyondellBasell and its closed refinery is in the news
again.
Did anyone happen to read The
Houston Chronicle’s Chron Breaking News Newsletter on October 30, 2026, their
article titled, “Valero buys shuttered Houston refinery – ‘LyondellBasell sells
Houston refinery. Valero plans to fire it back up”? In the article, it goes on to speak on how LyondellBasell
sold their retired refinery on the Houston Ship Channel to Valero for over $320 million. The 100-year-old refinery
was mothballed, and a new plan was contemplated in 2025 for the site. Well, LyondellBasell found a buyer for the
700-acre refinery who has plans to restart it next year with anticipated refining
capabilities of 165,000 bpd of sweet crude.
Valero is anticipating the transaction will close by the end of this
year, if they get all governmental approvals.
Valero hasn’t ruled out upgrading the facility at a later time to have
the capabilities to handle heavier crudes.
We wish Valero luck with completing their buy and getting the refinery
back online. If you would like to read
more of the Chron’s article on MSN, please click the link:
LyondellBasell sells Houston refinery. Valero plans to fire it back up.
If you would like help in looking
into how to transport your product efficiently, safely, and with less of a
carbon footprint or just find out what is underneath your feet to help with
your emission reduction goals, contact us via email in the Blog and check out
our ESC website!
We hope you have a lovely evening and a productive week!
Breaking News: HISD’s Lamar High School Marching Band & Color Guard is
having a Car Wash Saturday, November 14, 2026, 10 am to 1 pm at Lone Star Glass on
Bissonnet, so come on by. $10 a wash, no
credit cards accepted. Come out and help
support these hard-working musicians and dancers.
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