☀️ Energy · Houston, Texas
Valero: Houston refinery restart (former LyondellBasell)
💰 $320.5 million (purchase price; restart cost not disclosed)🏗️ Purchase expected to close in late 2026; restart of 165,000 barrels a day targeted by the end of 2027Valero is buying LyondellBasell's idled refinery on the Houston Ship Channel, about 700 acres with 13.5 million barrels of storage, docks, rail and truck racks, and plans to bring it back online.
How to get on the sub list
The general contractor hasn't been announced publicly; watch local news and county permits.
Source: Oil & Gas Journal, Oct 2026 · checked Nov 2, 2026
How to get on the Valero Houston sub list
- Find the general contractor. It hasn't been announced publicly. Watch local news and Houston's county building permits.
- Get prequalified. Have your insurance, safety record (EMR), licenses and references ready.
- Call the local economic development office. Texas and its counties often run supplier fairs and keep vendor lists for projects like this.
- Have a one-page capability statement. Build yours in Launchpad.
Work sites like this typically buy locally:
Win government work in Texas while this one gets going
Cities, counties and state agencies in Texas post new bids every week.
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Investment and job figures are the company's own announced numbers, from the linked source. Plans change; check the source for the latest. Contrax isn't affiliated with Valero.