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<ul><li>Valero Energy Corporation reported strong financial results for the third quarter of 2025, reflecting its continuous operational and commercial excellence.</li><li>The company achieved a refinery throughput utilization of 97% with the Gulf Coast and North Atlantic regions hitting all-time highs.</li><li>These high throughput rates supported refining margins in a market characterized by robust global demand and low inventory levels.</li></ul>

Valero Energy Corporation reported strong financial results for the third quarter of 2025, reflecting its continuous operational and commercial excellence.The company achieved a refinery throughput utilization of 97% with the Gulf Coast and North Atlantic regions hitting all-time highs.These high throughput rates supported refining margins in a market characterized by robust global demand and low inventory levels.

Valero Energy: Could Its Diversified Crude Slate Shield It From Global Oil Shocks?

<ul><li>Valero Energy Corporation's second quarter of 2025 financial performance indicates a blend of strong operational execution with challenges in certain segments.</li><li>On the positive side, Valero set a record for refining throughput rate in the U.S. Gulf Coast, showcasing the efficacy of their investments in optimization projects.</li><li>This operational efficiency was supported by robust refining margins, largely driven by strong product demand and low inventory levels globally, particularly in diesel, which saw sales volumes increase by about 10% year-over-year.</li></ul>

Valero Energy Corporation's second quarter of 2025 financial performance indicates a blend of strong operational execution with challenges in certain segments.On the positive side, Valero set a record for refining throughput rate in the U.S. Gulf Coast, showcasing the efficacy of their investments in optimization projects.This operational efficiency was supported by robust refining margins, largely driven by strong product demand and low inventory levels globally, particularly in diesel, which saw sales volumes increase by about 10% year-over-year.

Valero Energy Corporation: Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Expansion

<ul><li>Valero Energy Corporation's first quarter 2025 results show a challenging operational environment, influenced by a combination of internal and external factors.</li><li>The company reported a net loss attributable to shareholders of $595 million, or $1.90 per share, a stark contrast to the net income of $1.2 billion, or $3.75 per share, in the same period of the previous year.</li><li>The primary contributor to the loss was a significant $1.1 billion pretax asset impairment related to West Coast assets.</li></ul>

Valero Energy Corporation's first quarter 2025 results show a challenging operational environment, influenced by a combination of internal and external factors.The company reported a net loss attributable to shareholders of $595 million, or $1.90 per share, a stark contrast to the net income of $1.2 billion, or $3.75 per share, in the same period of the previous year.The primary contributor to the loss was a significant $1.1 billion pretax asset impairment related to West Coast assets.

Valero Energy: Handling The Impact Of Changing Global Supply Chain Dynamics & Tariffs!

<ul><li>Valero Energy Corporation's fourth quarter of 2024 performance reflects a mix of operational achievements and financial challenges.</li><li>The company reported a significant decrease in net income attributable to stockholders, down to $281 million ($0.88 per share) from $1.2 billion ($3.55 per share) in the same period of the previous year.</li><li>Adjusted net income also fell to $207 million ($0.64 per share) from $1.2 billion ($3.57 per share), indicating a challenging financial landscape amidst a weaker margin environment.</li></ul>

Valero Energy Corporation's fourth quarter of 2024 performance reflects a mix of operational achievements and financial challenges.The company reported a significant decrease in net income attributable to stockholders, down to $281 million ($0.88 per share) from $1.2 billion ($3.55 per share) in the same period of the previous year.Adjusted net income also fell to $207 million ($0.64 per share) from $1.2 billion ($3.57 per share), indicating a challenging financial landscape amidst a weaker margin environment.

Valero Energy Corporation’s Biofuel Strategy Is Turning Waste Into Gold—Can It Outrun Regulatory Shocks?

<ul><li>Valero Energy Corporation recently disclosed its financial performance for the third quarter of 2024.</li><li>The earnings report highlighted various aspects of the company’s operational and financial status, presenting a mixed set of results impacted by significant maintenance activities and a challenging margin environment.</li><li>During the quarter, Valero's refineries operated at 90% of their throughput capacity, in line with previous guidance, despite a period of heavy maintenance.</li></ul>

Valero Energy Corporation recently disclosed its financial performance for the third quarter of 2024.The earnings report highlighted various aspects of the company’s operational and financial status, presenting a mixed set of results impacted by significant maintenance activities and a challenging margin environment.During the quarter, Valero's refineries operated at 90% of their throughput capacity, in line with previous guidance, despite a period of heavy maintenance.

Valero Energy Corporation: How The St. Charles FCC Project Can Enhance Its Refining Efficiency!

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Valero Energy Corporation is an independent petroleum refining and marketing company that owns and operates refineries in the United States, Canada, and Aruba.  The Company produces conventional gasolines, distillates, jet fuel, asphalt, petrochemicals, lubricants, and other refined products as well as diesel fuel, low-sulfur and ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel, and oxygenates.

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Valero Energy: Could Its Diversified Crude Slate Shield It From Global Oil Shocks?

Valero Energy Corporation reported strong financial results for the third quarter of 2025, reflecting its continuous operational and commercial...

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Valero Energy Corporation: Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Expansion

Valero Energy Corporation's second quarter of 2025 financial performance indicates a blend of strong operational execution with challenges in...

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Valero Energy: Handling The Impact Of Changing Global Supply Chain Dynamics & Tariffs!

Valero Energy Corporation's first quarter 2025 results show a challenging operational environment, influenced by a combination of internal and...

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Valero Energy Corporation’s Biofuel Strategy Is Turning Waste Into Gold—Can It Outrun Regulatory Shocks?

Valero Energy Corporation's fourth quarter of 2024 performance reflects a mix of operational achievements and financial challenges. The company...

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Valero Energy Corporation: How The St. Charles FCC Project Can Enhance Its Refining Efficiency!

Valero Energy Corporation recently disclosed its financial performance for the third quarter of 2024. The earnings report highlighted various...

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