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Valero Energy Corporation is a Fortune 500 company based in San Antonio, and is North America’s largest independent petroleum refiner and marketer. Valero supplies fuel and products that improve people’s lives with 16 refineries and seven ethanol plants stretching from California to Canada to the Caribbean. Well-positioned pipelines and terminals allow Valero to deliver premium-quality clean fuels more quickly, responsibly and efficiently than any other refiner on the continent. Our diversified product slate supports dozens of industries, from health care and plastics to transportation, beauty products and manufacturing.

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Refining: Our Business
Commitment to Excellence
Awards & Honors
Company History
Executive Team
Board of Directors
Voices for Energy
Daily Corn Bids
Valero is a vehicle for progress, making significant investments to produce cleaner-burning gasoline, diesel, ethanol-blended fuels and much more.
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Find out more about Valero by exploring the sections below.
Refining: Our Business
Valero’s ability to produce high-value clean fuels from less-expensive heavy “sour” crude oil has been key to its success.
Our Locations
Operations Map
Valero’s refineries, plants and office locations are strategically located across the US and Canada.
Awards & HonorsCompany HistoryExecutive TeamBoard of Directors
Fortune 100 Best Awards & Honors
Valero often is recognized for its commitment to community, its support of employees and its success as a business. The company has won many awards and honors including:
  • Fortune magazine’s Best Big Companies to Work For.
  • IndustryWeek’s America's Best Manufacturing Companies.
Voices for Energy
Find out about the challenges the industry faces, and learn how you can be involved.
 
 
Highlights (EOY 2008)

Revenues
$119 billion

Total Assets
$34.3 billion

Number of Employees
Approximately 22,000

Refining Throughput Capacity
3.1 million barrels per day

Number of Retail and Wholesale Sites
Approximately 5,800

Number of Wholesale Markets
Valero markets products in 44 U.S. states, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean region.

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November 05, 2009
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) announced today that, on Nov. 3, an arbitration panel in the Netherlands...

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