Complete the construction of a 45 megawatt cogeneration plant at the Pembroke refinery
Not delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 26 Apr 2018
- Due
- 31 Dec 2020
- Checked
- 15 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The $170 million project is expected to be completed in 2020.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
A January 2021 8-K, after the 2020 deadline, says the Pembroke Cogen project is on track for completion in Q3 2021, so completion slipped past 2020.
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A Valero Energy 8-K filed 2021-01-28
“The Pembroke Cogen project and the Diamond Pipeline expansion are on track to be completed in the third quarter and fourth quarter of 2021, respectively” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -4.7% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (27 Jan 2021 to 1 Feb 2021). What this measures
Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Construction
- Indicative materiality
- Medium rules
- Action
- Complete
- Deliverable
- 45 megawatt cogeneration plant
- Amount
- USD 170
- Where
- Pembroke
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- High
- Specificity
- High
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
- Third check on a negative finding: agreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and reached the same answer.
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