Specialty Products

Valero produces up to 45,000 barrels per day of asphalt and markets it from four refineries and nine terminals across the United States by barge, rail and truck.

Valero offers a variety of products throughout its network.  

•  Performance Graded Asphalt Binders
• Sealcoat Asphalt Binders
• AC Grades
• Cutbacks
• Crack Sealant
• BURA for hot applied roofing applications
• Specialty Blended Asphalt
    

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Throughout 11 refineries and several distribution terminals in the United States, Valero produces approximately 28,000 barrels per day of propane and markets the product via rail car, truck and pipeline distribution systems.

Valero produces elemental sulfur with a combined annual production of about 1.2 million tons.

Valero produces a complete line of hydrotreated naphthenic base oil products at the Three Rivers refinery (Texas). The Valero naphthenic oils are available in a wide range of viscosities and are typically used in applications such as transformer oil, coolants, solvents, cutting fluids, tire, rubber, adhesives, plastics and other lubricant applications.

Valero produces high-purity toluene and mixed xylenes used in adhesives, coatings, paints, surfactants, fuels, fuel additives, oilfield chemicals and many other applications.

Valero produces benzene, toluene and mixed xylenes through the extraction process and fractionation from its Corpus Christi (Texas) refineries and Three Rivers (Texas) refinery. These are the foundation of major plastics used to produce eye glass lenses, fibers for clothing, pharmaceutical, numerous automotive components and many household items.

Valero produces natural gas liquids (NGL) products at each refinery location. Products include propane, normal butane, refinery-grade butane, isobutane and propylene. The NGL Trading group markets and supplies these products for Valero’s refining system.

At six of its refineries, Valero has the capacity to produce 6 million tons of petroleum coke annually, including 1 million tons on the U.S. West Coast and the balance in the Gulf Coast. The largest global customers are the cement and steel industries.