EPA GHGRP · reporting year 2023 · Petroleum Product Suppliers
Valero Energy - top-third GHGRP parent
According to the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), an upper-third Scope 1 reporter: 26 facilities across 11 states (23.5M MT CO₂e in 2023).
- MT CO₂e (latest facility reports)
- 23.5M
- Reporting facilities
- 26
- States covered
- 11
- Overall rank
- #17
Data updated May 2026
According to the EPA GHGRP, Valero Energy reported 23.5M MT CO₂e in 2023 across 26 facilities in 11 states (ranks in the top 1% of U.S. corporate GHG emitters (#17 of 2,289)) Emissions remained broadly stable over the tracked period.
- Overall rank #17 of 2,289
- #1 in Petroleum Product Suppliers
- +0.1% since 2011
Valero Energy vs all U.S. GHGRP parent companies
Where this parent's reported Scope 1 CO₂e sits among every EPA GHGRP-reporting company
23,500,508 17th of 2289 higher than 2,272 of 2,289 companies
GHGRP parent companies, banded by reported CO₂e (MT)
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Source EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program · 2023
How Valero Energy spreads its footprint vs Petroleum Product Suppliers peers
Facility count against total reported CO₂e for 20 Petroleum Product Suppliers companies. A company can lead its sector from one concentrated site or from many smaller ones; the split below uses the median of this peer group (1 facilities, 1.93M MT).
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Petroleum Product Suppliers peer footprint table: Valero Energy, 26 facilities, 23.5M MT CO2e. Marathon Petroleum, 7 facilities, 11.62M MT CO2e. Pbf Energy, 4 facilities, 6.6M MT CO2e. Pdv America, 3 facilities, 5.96M MT CO2e. Aramco Services, 1 facilities, 5.02M MT CO2e. Phillips 66, 4 facilities, 4.58M MT CO2e. Delaware City Refining CO, 1 facilities, 3.42M MT CO2e. Deer Park Refining, 1 facilities, 3.23M MT CO2e. Exxon Mobil, 2 facilities, 3.09M MT CO2e. Lyondellbasell Industries, 1 facilities, 1.93M MT CO2e. Hollyfrontier Puget Sound Refining, 1 facilities, 1.9M MT CO2e. Total Holdings USA, 1 facilities, 1.86M MT CO2e. Delek US Holdings, 3 facilities, 1.81M MT CO2e. Hf Sinclair, 3 facilities, 1.51M MT CO2e. Delta Air Lines, 1 facilities, 1.21M MT CO2e. Lima Refining, 1 facilities, 1.21M MT CO2e. Bp America, 1 facilities, 0.89M MT CO2e. The William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate, 1 facilities, 0.66M MT CO2e. Hollyfrontier, 2 facilities, 0.54M MT CO2e. Vertex Energy, 1 facilities, 0.41M MT CO2e.
EPA GHGRP inventory plate
Parent valero-energy · 2023 #17 · 23.5M MT
CO2E-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · FAC-FLEET · SPAN-NATION · SECTOR-PETROLEUM-PR · TREND-FLAT · BOOK-RICH
- CO2E-LARGE 23.5M MT
- TOP-DECILE #17/2289
- PHOTO-FINISH DTE Energy · Power Plants
- FAC-FLEET 26 facilities
- SPAN-NATION 11 states
- SECTOR-PETROLEUM-PR Petroleum Product…
- TREND-FLAT +0% since 2011
- BOOK-RICH 7/8 fields
Nearest CO₂e peer: DTE Energy · Power Plants (±497K MT)
Upper-third parent rollup stamps: CO₂e band, corpus rank, peer, facility book, state span, sector, trend. Not an EPA grade.
2023 nearly all-CO₂ parent book
This parent's 2023 facility book is almost entirely CO₂ (99.4% of 23.5M MT CO₂e). CH₄ and N₂O together are only 0.6%, a CO₂-shaped GHGRP profile, not a methane story. Component shares sum this parent's facility CO₂ / CH₄ / N₂O rows for that year, not a corporate Scope 1-3 inventory.
- CO₂
- 99.4%
- 23.3M MT
- CH₄
- 0.4%
- 97K MT
- N₂O
- 0.2%
- 56K MT
CO₂e neighbourhood around Valero Energy
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest reported parents by CO₂e, not a full GHGRP corpus board reprint.
Largest sites in a top-third parent book
Valero Energy - top sites (MT CO₂e)
Valero Energy's largest facilities by latest available reported CO₂e
High-emitter reporting timeline
Valero Energy - high-emitter annual GHG
EPA GHGRP 2011–2023 · million metric tons CO₂e
- Reported CO₂e in 2023
- 23.5M MT
- 13 annual EPA GHGRP reporting records
Valero Energy annual reported GHG emissions, 2011–2023
Valero Energy reported 23.5M MT CO₂e in 2023, compared with 23.5M MT in 2011 - a rise of 0.1% across the EPA GHGRP reporting record.
Wide facility book (26)
| Facility | Location | Emissions (MT CO2e) |
|---|---|---|
| VALERO REFINING CO - CALI FORNIA BENICIA REFINERY Chemicals BENICIA, CA | BENICIA, CA | 3.0M |
| Valero Refining - New Orleans, L.L.C. Chemicals NORCO, LA | NORCO, LA | 2.8M |
| VALERO CORPUS CHRISTI REFINERY Chemicals CORPUS CHRISTI, TX | CORPUS CHRISTI, TX | 2.8M |
| PREMCOR REFINING GROUP INCORPORATED PORTARTHUR REFINERY Petroleum Product Suppliers PORT ARTHUR, TX | PORT ARTHUR, TX | 2.2M |
| VALERO REFINING TEXAS CITY REFINERY Petroleum Product Suppliers TEXAS CITY, TX | TEXAS CITY, TX | 2.2M |
| Diamond Shamrock Refining Company, L.P. Chemicals SUNRAY, TX | SUNRAY, TX | 1.4M |
| VALERO REFINING HOUSTON REFINERY Petroleum Product Suppliers HOUSTON, TX | HOUSTON, TX | 1.3M |
| VALERO REFINING CO. (PREV. PREMCOR REFINING, PREV. WILLIAMS REFINING LLC) Chemicals MEMPHIS, TN | MEMPHIS, TN | 1.2M |
| ULTRAMAR INC WILMINGTON REFINERY Petroleum Product Suppliers WILMINGTON, CA | WILMINGTON, CA | 1.1M |
| VALERO CORPUS CHRISTI REFINERY EAST PLANT Chemicals CORPUS CHRISTI, TX | CORPUS CHRISTI, TX | 1.1M |
| VALERO REFINING CO -OKLAHOMA VALERO ARDMORE REFINERY Chemicals ARDMORE, OK | ARDMORE, OK | 879K |
| MERAUX REFINERY Petroleum Product Suppliers MERAUX, LA | MERAUX, LA | 749K |
| DIAMOND SHAMROCK REFINING VALERO Petroleum Product Suppliers THREE RIVERS, TX | THREE RIVERS, TX | 668K |
| Valero Linden Plant Other LINDEN, IN | LINDEN, IN | 211K |
| Valero Renewable Fuels LLC Charles City Other CHARLES CITY, IA | CHARLES CITY, IA | 202K |
| VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS LLC Other AURORA, SD | AURORA, SD | 202K |
| Valero Bloominburg Plant Other BLOOMINGBURG, OH | BLOOMINGBURG, OH | 197K |
| Valero Fort Dodge Plant Other FORT DODGE, IA | FORT DODGE, IA | 196K |
| Valero Hartley Plant Other HARTLEY, IA | HARTLEY, IA | 193K |
| VALERO ALBERT CITY PLANT Other ALBERT CITY, IA | ALBERT CITY, IA | 190K |
| Valero Renewable Fuels Campany LLC, dba Valero Albion Plant Other ALBION, NE | ALBION, NE | 189K |
| VALERO WELCOME PLANT Other WELCOME, MN | WELCOME, MN | 189K |
| Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC d/b/a Valero Bluffton Plant Other BLUFFTON, IN | BLUFFTON, IN | 180K |
| Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC d/b/a Valero Mt. Vernon Plant Other MT. VERNON, IN | MT. VERNON, IN | 178K |
| Valero Lakota Plant Other LAKOTA, IA | LAKOTA, IA | 112K |
| Valero Wilmington Asphalt Plant Petroleum Product Suppliers Wilmington, CA | Wilmington, CA | 16K |
Where Valero Energy's reported CO₂e sits by state
48.8% of this parent's latest facility CO₂e is in Texas (7 sites) ; next is California at 17.5% . Shares are GHGRP facility rollups for this parent, not state economy totals.
Valero Energy reported facility CO₂e concentration by U.S. state
Valero Energy's reported CO₂e by EPA sector
Top sector Chemicals is 55.8% of this parent's facility CO₂e (7 sites) ; Petroleum Product Suppliers follows at 34.7% . Sector labels are EPA GHGRP facility industry_sector values.
Valero Energy reported facility CO₂e by EPA industry sector
Nationwide peers for a top-third GHGRP parent
Three EPA GHGRP peer sets for a top-third parent (23.5M MT): nearest totals, facility-book size, then per-facility intensity.
Similar reported CO₂e
Nearest parent totals (23.5M MT here).
Similar facility book
Nearest reporting-facility counts (26 here).
Similar per-facility CO₂e
Nearest average MT per facility (904K MT here).
Source: EPA GHGRP Data is based on facility self-reporting. Not environmental compliance advice
What to do with this
Using Valero Energy's emissions profile
- Valero Energy runs high-intensity per facility (904K MT CO₂e/site); see how it stacks up against the rest of the Petroleum Product Suppliers sector on the Petroleum Product Suppliers industry page.
- It ranks #17 of 2,289 reporting parents nationwide, compare it directly against specific peers on the compare tool.
- Not sure how to read a total-CO₂e figure or a per-facility intensity number, the how-to-read guide walks through what each field means and what it doesn't.
Related reading: How to read an emissions profile · Petroleum Product Suppliers emitters · Methodology
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.