Complete St. Charles alkylation unit
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 22 Aug 2019
- Due
- 31 Dec 2020
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“St. Charles alkylation unit (2020), $400 MM cost”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Filings state the St. Charles alkylation unit started up or was commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2020, on schedule and under budget, meeting the 2020 deadline.
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A Valero Energy 8-K filed 2021-01-28
“The St. Charles Alkylation unit, which started up in the fourth quarter, is designed to convert low-value feedstocks into a premium alkylate product.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Valero Energy 8-K filed 2021-01-28
“Charles Alkylation unit on schedule and under budget.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Valero Energy 10-K filed 2021-02-23
“The refinery successfully commissioned a new alkylation unit in the fourth quarter of 2020.” ✓ 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
- St. Charles alkylation unit
- Amount
- USD 400
- Where
- St. Charles
- 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.
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