Flint Hills Corpus Christi, Texas

Flint Hills Resources operates this large refinery on the western end of a large petrochemical corridor along the shore of Corpus Christi Texas. The plant has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, receiving crude and other raw materials via ship and pipeline. Refined products travel through pipelines, some owned by Flint Hills, to San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas. Flint Hills also operates a refinery in Rosemount, Minnesota, as well as chemical plants in Marysville, Michigan; Peru and Joliet, Illinois; and in Port Arthur and Longview, Texas. The company is based in Wichita, Kansas, and was created out of the large industrial and energy conglomerate Koch Industries, in 2002.