Valero Energy Corporation is a refiner and low-carbon fuel producer headquartered at One Valero Way in San Antonio, Texas. Its business is organised around three segments reported on its site: refining, ethanol and renewable diesel, with distribution through branded retail, wholesale and industrial channels.
Refining footprint
Valero states that it owns 14 petroleum refineries in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The refineries supply liquid transportation fuels, petrochemical feedstocks and specialty products, and the group markets fuels through branded Valero outlets, a distributor network and its own retail programmes. Feedstocks and products move by truck, rail, marine and pipeline, and the company publishes a regular crude price bulletin for customers. Its branded fuels carry TOP TIER certification, and the company operates the ValeroPay+ payment programme alongside branded credit cards.
Renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel
Valero describes itself as the world's second-largest renewable diesel producer. It operates two renewable diesel plants, at St. Charles Parish in Louisiana and Port Arthur in Texas, adjacent to its own refineries, processing primarily recycled animal fats, used cooking oil and inedible corn oil. Combined annual production capacity is 1.2 billion gallons of renewable diesel, of which up to 235 million gallons can be neat sustainable aviation fuel. A large-scale SAF project at the Diamond Green Diesel Port Arthur plant was completed in the fourth quarter of 2024, giving that plant the ability to upgrade up to 50% of its renewable diesel capacity to neat SAF. The company cites a reduction of up to 80% in life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions for these fuels, which are compatible with existing engines and infrastructure, and sells them into California, Canada and Europe, where low-carbon fuel standards apply.
Ethanol and the wider low-carbon business
Ethanol is reported separately from renewable diesel within the company's low-carbon activities, and the site maintains a distinct directory of renewable fuel plants alongside its refinery directory, with a dedicated corn information page for suppliers of the feedstock. Careers pages are divided between refinery roles, renewables roles and international opportunities, with United States vacancies advertised through a company recruiting portal. Valero also publishes a crude price bulletin for counterparties and operates ValeroPay+, its own payment programme, alongside branded credit cards and distributor support.
Reporting, governance and community programmes
Valero publishes an annual Report on Guiding Principles covering safety, environment, employees, community and governance; the 2026 edition was posted in September 2026, following an earlier report for 2025 and ESG reports for 2024 and 2023. The 2023 ESG report set out greenhouse gas emissions targets and a 2050 emissions ambition with Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 intensity disclosures, and the company published Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures reports in 2021 and 2022. The company maintains a community investment function, a supplier relations contact, a reasonable accommodation policy and public legal, privacy, accessibility, non-discrimination and general terms notices.
Contact points
Valero does not publish a single generic enquiry address. Its contact page routes enquiries by topic: [email protected] for media, [email protected] for distributor relations, [email protected] for suppliers, [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] for consumer and payment matters, [email protected] for community investment, and [email protected] for recruitment. The corporate headquarters telephone number is (210) 345-2000. The news room additionally lists [email protected] for media enquiries.