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The Valero Jean Gaulin Refinery is located in Levis, Canada on 370 acres on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, immediately across from Quebec City, Canada. The refinery receives crude oil by ship at its deepwater dock and by pipeline and ship from western Canada. It transports its products through Valero's pipeline from Quebec City to the company's terminal in Montreal and to various other terminals through eastern Canada by rail, ships, trucks and third-party pipelines.

1969 : Construction of the refinery begins

1971 : Refinery begins its operations 

1983 : FCC unit is installed for bottom of barrel conversion 

2001 : The refinery capacity is 170 000 bbl/day

Jean Gaulin refinery in the early 2000s

1989 : Parafins isomerization and desulfurization units are constructed for environmental purposes

2002 : Expansion, new capacity is 215 000 bbl/day

2004 : Construction of CCR unit, replacing the Semi-Regen reformer.

2008 : Last major expansion, new capacity is 265 000 bbl/day (nominal, day to day is 235 000 bbl/day)

2010 : A fire erupts on a FCC pump ; more fear than loses 

2021 : Major shutdown/turnaround

2025 : Major shutdown/turnaround

The refinery is an important asset of Valero, insider source confirms : "it is here to stay".

2.0 billions $ have been invested in the refinery since the earlys 2000. 

The refinery was designed on the basis of two crudes, Libyan Brega (light) and Tia Juana (medium)