Transforming Daily Life™Refining and Chemicals
Koch companies have been in the petroleum business since 1940, growing our refining capacity more than 80-fold. Today these companies engage in petroleum refining, chemicals and base oil production, crude oil supply, and wholesale marketing of fuels, base oils, petrochemicals, asphalt and other products. A Flint Hills Resources polymers plant in Peru, Ill., is one of nearly 100 Koch company sites that have earned OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs STAR status. Flint Hills Resources LLC, through its subsidiaries, operate refineries in Alaska (North Pole), Minnesota (Rosemount) and Texas (Corpus Christi), with a combined crude oil processing capacity of more than 800,000 barrels per day. The petrochemical business includes production facilities in Illinois, Michigan and Texas. These plants produce aromatics, olefins, polymers and intermediate chemicals. In addition, various other subsidiaries operate ethanol plants in Iowa, produce and market asphalt in the Midwest, own an interest in a base oil facility in Louisiana, and have made equity investments in bioenergy companies. Read about Flint Hills Resources' vision here. Flint Hills Resources Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. and its affiliates own or operate about 4,000 miles of pipelines that transport crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas liquids and chemicals. Koch Alaska Pipeline Company, LLC owns an approximate 3 percent interest in the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. Another Koch company has a 28 percent interest in Colonial Pipeline Company, owner and operator of the world’s largest-volume refined products pipeline.
Meeting or exceeding our customers’ needs is a key focus of every Koch company. In Texas, Flint Hills Resources and Koch Pipeline Company, along with other Koch companies, are providing timely solutions for Eagle Ford Shale producers. Read more here.
Corpus Christi, Texas