Pemex Deer Park

{{Short description|Oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas, US}}

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| country = United States

| state = Texas

| city = Deer Park

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| owner = Pemex

| founded = {{Start date|1929}}

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| capacity bbl/d = 275000

| website = {{URL|https://www.pemex.com/en}}

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Pemex Deer Park is an oil refinery located in Deer Park, Texas on the Houston Ship Channel in the Greater Houston area. It is owned and operated by Pemex.

As of December 2017, the plant is the fourth-largest taxpayer{{cite web |url=https://auditor.harriscountytx.gov/CAFR/Harris%20County%20CAFR%20-%20Final%20FY%202018.pdf |title=Harris County, Texas, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended February 28, 2018. |author=Michael Post, County Auditor |page=188 |access-date=September 28, 2019}} and the tenth largest employer{{cite web |url=https://auditor.harriscountytx.gov/CAFR/Harris%20County%20CAFR%20-%20Final%20FY%202018.pdf |title=Harris County, Texas, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended February 28, 2018. |author=Michael Post, County Auditor |page=197 |access-date=September 28, 2019}} in Harris County.

The refinery has a {{convert|275000|oilbbl/d|m3/d|abbr=on}} crude processing capacity,{{cite web |url=https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/refinerycapacity/table5.pdf |title=Refinery Capacity 2019, Table 5, Refiners' Total Operable Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity as of January 1, 2019 |page=39 |publisher=Energy Information Administration |access-date=September 29, 2019}} making it the 18th largest in the US,{{cite web |url=https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/data/refinery_rank_2019.xls |title=U.S. Energy Information Administration: U.S. Refineries Operable Capacity |last= |first= |date= |website= |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |access-date=September 29, 2019}} as of January 2019, with a facility that includes crude & vacuum distillation, delayed coker, fluid catalytic cracker, hydrocracker, polymerization, and alkylation units. Secondary processing units make the refinery's capacity {{convert|340000|oilbbl/d|m3/d|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=https://rbnenergy.com/lets-stay-together-pemex-and-shell-renew-their-deer-park-vows-with-a-commodity-twist |title=Let's Stay Together - Pemex And Shell Renew Their Deer Park Vows, With A Commodity Twist |publisher=RBN Energy, LLC |date=September 6, 2018 |last= Fielden |first=Sandy |access-date=September 29, 2019}}

Construction of the Deer Park refinery began in 1929, on an 800-acre site, and has expanded several times over the years. Construction of the petrochemical facilities began in 1940. Before Shell sold Deer Park to Pemex, the facility encompassed 2,300 acres and employed 1,500 Shell employees, and 1,200 contract employees of several subcontractors.

Dating to 1929, it was operated from 1993 to 2022 as a 50-50 joint venture between Shell US and Pemex. On May 24, 2021, Pemex and Shell reached an agreement for the sale of Shell´s interest in Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, transferring full ownership of the refinery to Pemex, subject to regulatory approval. On January 20, 2022, Shell completed sale of their interest in the Deer Park refinery to Pemex.{{cite web |url=https://www.shell.com/media/news-and-media-releases/2022/shell-completes-sale-of-interest-in-deer-park-refinery-to-partner-pemex.html |title=Shell completes sale of interest in Deer Park refinery to partner Pemex |date=January 20, 2022 |access-date=January 28, 2022 |website=www.shell.com |language=en}}