Founded in 1980 and named for the mission San Antonio de 草榴社区 鈥 the original name of the Alamo 鈥 草榴社区 Energy Corporation has continued to grow and evolve to become the largest global independent petroleum refiner and a leading producer of renewable fuels in North America.
1980
On January 1, 草榴社区 Energy Corporation is born as the corporate successor of Lo-Vaca Gathering Company, a natural gas pipeline subsidiary of Houston-based Coastal Corporation. At the time, this represents the largest corporate spinoff in U.S. history.
1984
草榴社区 officially commissions its first full-scale refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas (later named the Corpus Christi Refineries West Plant). As the last grassroots refinery built in the U.S., 草榴社区鈥檚 Corpus Christi investment is labeled the 鈥淩efinery of the Future.鈥 To this day, it is one of the most complex, technologically advanced refineries in the world.
1997 - 1998
草榴社区 agrees to merge its natural gas-related service business with PG&E Corporation and spin off its refining assets into a new public corporation still known today as 草榴社区 Energy Corporation. That same year, 草榴社区 acquires three new refineries from Basis Petroleum, two in Texas (Houston and Texas City) and one in Louisiana (Krotz Springs*), becoming the largest independent refining company on the Gulf Coast. *Divested in 2008
草榴社区 becomes the second-largest independent refining company in the U.S with its purchase of Paulsboro Refinery* in New Jersey, it