Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery

OperatingNatural GasOther GasHybrid

Ranked #105 of 313 Natural Gas plants in TX#670 of 2009 nationally

276.8 MW Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle (207 MW) + Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine (19 MW) + Other Gases (51 MW) operating in Jefferson, TX — Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

EIAWD

276.8 MW

Nameplate Capacity

9

Generators

units

Hybrid (3)

Technology

Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle + Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine + Other Gases

1957

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

29.8885, -93.9510

County

Jefferson, TX

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Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Motiva Enterprises LLC	Motiva Enterprises	—
Owner(s)	Motiva Enterprises LLC	Saudi Arabian Oil	—
Status	Operating	—	—

Ownership Chain

About

The Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery is a 276.8 MW hybrid power plant located in Jefferson County, Texas. The plant, which began operating in 1957, is owned by Saudi Arabian Oil and operated by Motiva Enterprises LLC, a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian national oil company. The facility utilizes a combination of natural gas-fired combined cycle and combustion turbine technologies, along with other gases, across its nine generators.

The plant operates within the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) balancing authority and the SERC NERC region. In the most recent year of reported data, the facility generated 1,609,437 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 66.4%. Ranked by capacity, the Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery is the 105th largest power plant in Texas out of 144, and the 672nd largest in the United States out of 945.

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