Refining, chemicals & fuels

Valero Energy

Transportation-fuels manufacturer combining petroleum refining with ethanol, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, and logistics.

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Valero is a downstream conversion company whose portfolio links crude and renewable feedstocks with refinery operations, product logistics, fuel markets, and carbon-intensity economics.

What Valero Energy does

Valero manufactures and distributes conventional and lower-carbon transportation fuels through petroleum refineries, ethanol plants, and renewable-diesel and sustainable-aviation-fuel activities.

Its footprint links feedstock procurement, conversion assets, logistics, and product markets across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other destination markets.

Capabilities

01Petroleum refining
02Ethanol production
03Renewable diesel
04Sustainable aviation fuel
05Fuel logistics

Where it fits

Works with
  • Fuel distributors
  • Aviation customers
  • Retail marketers
  • Industrial buyers
Energy markets
  • Oil
  • Refined products
  • Renewable fuels
Operating regions
  • North America
  • Europe
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Sources and evidence

Company facts below are paraphrased from the linked sources. BTU Graph's classification and analysis are editorial; inclusion is not an endorsement or customer claim.

  1. 01
    Valero Refining

    Valero's refining overview supports its refinery footprint, fuel products, and transportation logistics.

    Company operations page · accessed Sep 4, 2026
  2. 02
    Valero Renewables

    The renewables overview documents Valero's ethanol, renewable-diesel, and other lower-carbon-fuel activities.

    Company operations page · accessed Sep 4, 2026