Aramco’s Motiva Expands Texas Refinery to Become Largest in US
- Port Arthur ran as many as 654,000 barrels a day last year
- Less efficient plants are closing as megarefiners expand
The Motiva Enterprises refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, US.
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Motiva Enterprises has quietly expanded its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery to become the largest fuelmaking plant in the US.
The refinery can now process as much as 654,000 barrels of crude a day, more than the biggest US plants owned by ExxonMobil Corp. and Marathon Petroleum. Saudi Aramco-owned Motiva was able to increase Port Arthur’s capacity by removing bottlenecks in its processes, according to people familiar with the plant’s operations.