Fast Facts

St. Charles

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600+ Employees

1,000 acres In St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, along the Mississippi River

$100 million Annual payroll in 2017

$5.4 million Annual in Parish property taxes

$1.9 million Annual in Parish sales taxes

$3.7 million Annual in business and agency spending in Parish

10,800 Volunteer hours in 2017

340,000 Barrels per day (BPD) throughput capacity

$2 million Given to charities in 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• $1.15 million Given to United Way

• $600,000 Given to children’s charities

• $250,000 Given to nonprofit organizations through the Valero Energy Foundation

The Valero St. Charles Refinery’s major process units were built in the early 1980s or later, making this refinery one of the newest in the United States. Between 2000 and 2002, major upgrades included the construction of a large fluid catalytic cracking unit, alkylation unit and continuous catalytic reformer unit.

Since Valero’s acquisition of the refinery with the purchase of Orion in 2003, nearly $4.5 billion has been invested, making the plant one of the company’s more complex refineries. These investments enabled the plant to process additional heavy feedstocks, increase throughput capacity, upgrade its product yields and improve on-stream reliability.

The St. Charles facility provides intermediate feedstocks to other Valero refineries located along the Gulf Coast. The site also has access to the Colonial and Plantation pipelines for distribution of refined products to numerous markets in the southern and eastern U.S.

• Gasoline, distillates and other light products represent approximately 80 percent of product slate

• Located on approximately 1,000 acres in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, along the Mississippi River, approximately 15 miles upstream of New Orleans with strategic feedstock and product transportation corridors

• The Diamond Green Diesel plant, adjacent to the refinery, is a joint venture between Valero Energy Corporation and Darling Ingredients Inc.; this facility is boosting its annual production capacity to approximately 18,000 BPD and produces environmentally friendly renewable diesel

• Access to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) where it can receive crude oil through pipeline or from five Valero owned and operated marine docks along the Mississippi River

• Finished products shipped over Valero docks or by pipeline into the Bengal, Colonial and Parkway pipeline networks for distribution to the eastern seaboard of the United States

Environmental Stewardship• Since Valero acquired the St. Charles refinery in 2003, there has been a 63

percent reduction in emissions of nitrogen oxides, even with a 58 percent increase in crude throughput

Contact

Taryn Rogers

Lead Community Relations Specialist

St. Charles Refinery14902 River RoadNorco, LA 70079(985) 764-8611

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Awards and Honors• Voluntary Protection Program Star Site designation in 2017-- the highest plant-safety recognition by the U.S. Occupational

Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and affiliated state agencies

• Past State Lantern Award, nominated by St. Charles Parish president, recognizing Louisiana-based manufacturers who demonstrate true quality in their work and genuine commitment to their local communities

• Multiple environmental leadership awards from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Louisiana Air and Waste Management Association

• Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association (LMOGA) highest recognition, the 2017 Pelican Award in recognition of the company’s outstanding achievement in the industry and its contributions to the state

• Valero Chairman’s Safety Award in 2017 – two years without a recordable injury

• American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Safety Achievement Award for 2017

Community InvolvementAt Valero, we share our success with the communities where we live and work, and take pride in being a good neighbor. Valero and its employee volunteers generously give of their time in our communities.

• 10,000+ hours of volunteer service in 2017

• Donated $600,000 to 41 local children’s charities from the 2017 Valero Texas Open and Benefit for Children

• Participation in Junior Achievement and other local school activities such as school social studies and science fairs, career days and after-school programs

• United Way Campaign Top Ten Companies Award, Campaign Achievement Award, Community Leadership Award, Corporate Leadership Award, Outstanding Community Partnership Award and Good Neighbor Award; 2017-2018 United Way Campaign pledged in excess of $1.15 million with 100 percent employee participation

• Donated more than $8 million to children’s charities in the Southeast Louisiana region since 2003

• Southeast Louisiana Boy Scouts Council Eagle Sponsor, Distinguished Citizen Award Winner 2003-2018

• Special Olympics of Louisiana Distinguished Partner, State Corporate Benefactor and Medallion Level Sponsor 2007-2017

• Sponsors the La Branche Wetland Watchers, partnering with local schools to promote conservation and recovery of Louisiana wetlands

• Provided volunteers to pack Thanksgiving boxes and work in the Community Kitchen at Second Harvest Food Bank; 36,730 pounds of food collected within the refinery for Second Harvest Food Bank; Valero Volunteers visited the food bank and packaged food

About Valero Valero Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels and other petrochemical products.

Valero subsidiaries employ approximately 10,000 people. Valero’s assets include 15 petroleum refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.1 million barrels per day, 11 ethanol plants with a combined production capacity of 1.45 billion gallons per year and renewable diesel production from a joint venture.

Through subsidiaries, Valero owns the general partner of Valero Energy Partners LP, a midstream master limited partnership that owns, operates, develops and acquires product pipelines, terminals and other transportation logistic assets.

Approximately 7,400 outlets carry Valero’s brand names in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland.

Valero is a Fortune 50 company based in San Antonio, Texas, and has been named top independent refiner on Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies list. Valero was also named to the Civic 50, a listing of America’s most community-minded companies by Points of Light and the top company in the energy sector highlighting community giving and employee volunteerism.