VALERO ENERGY: Records $114MM June 30 Costs for Envt’l. Projects

Valero Energy Corporation says that capital expenditures for the six months ended June 30, 2011 included US$114 million of costs related to environmental projects.

For 2011, the Company expects to incur about US$3.2 billion for capital investments, including about US$2.5 billion…

VALERO ENERGY: Working w/ IEPA to Settle Premcor Refining Fines

Valero Energy Corporation is working with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to settle environmental penalties regarding The Premcor Refining Group Inc.’s former Clark Retail Enterprises, Inc. retail sites.

The IEPA demanded stipulated penalties relating to certain retail sites in Illinois that…

VALERO ENERGY: Working w/ TCEQ to Resolve McKee Envt’l. Matters

Valero Energy Corporation is working with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to resolve environmental matters regarding the McKee Refinery.

The Company’s McKee Refinery received a proposed agreed order from the TCEQ with a proposed penalty of US$116,169 for a…

VALERO ENERGY: Works w/ TCEQ to Settle Fines on Tex. Refineries

Valero Energy Corporation is working with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to settle environmental penalties regarding the Corpus Christi West Refinery and Texas City Refinery.

In its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2010,…

VALERO ENERGY: Posts $61MM at March 31 for Capital Expenditures

Valero Energy Corporation’s capital expenditures for the three onths ended March 31, 2011 included US$61 million of costs related to environmental projects.

For 2011, the Company expects to incur about US$3.2 billion for capital investments, including about US$2.6 billion for capital…

VALERO ENERGY: Resolved Breaches at Texas Site on 2011-1st Qtr.

Valero Energy Corporation, in the first quarter of 2011, signed an agreed order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to resolve environmental breaches at the Three Rivers Refinery.

In its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended…

VALERO ENERGY: Settled 28 BAAQMD-Related NOVs in 2011-1st Qtr.

Valero Energy Corporation, in the first quarter of 2011, settled 28 notices of violation with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) regarding environmental breaches at the Benicia Refinery.

The NOVs were issued in 2008.

Valero Energy Corporation is an independent…

VALERO ENERGY: $1.319M Fee for Wilmington Plant Paid on July 28

Valero Energy Corporation, on July 28, 2009, paid a mitigation fee of US$1,319,505 requested by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) for the Company’s Wilmington Refinery.

On June 26, 2009, the SCAQMD issued a Request for Flare Minimization Plan…

VALERO ENERGY: EPA Seeks $1M Penalty for Violations at Paulsboro

Valero Energy Corporation says that, on July 9, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a demand for a US$1,017,500 stipulated penalty under a Section 114 Consent Decree for an acid gas flaring incident in September 2008 at the Paulsboro…

VALERO ENERGY: Settlement Talks on Corpus Christi Plant Ongoing

Valero Energy Corporation says that its continues settlement discussions on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) claim on violations at the Company’s Corpus Christi West Refinery.

In the second quarter of 2009, the TCEQ issued a notice of enforcement (NOE)…

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