Complete the DGD expansion

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 30 Jan 2020
Due: 31 Dec 2021

Deadline
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Today

What the company said

“The company expects the DGD expansion and Port Arthur Coker to be completed in 2021 and 2022, respectively.”

SourceValero Energy Form 8-K press release, 2020-01-30
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedin 2021
Deadline used31 Dec 2021, the last day of the stated period
TypeProject
Permanent referenceKI-C-2020-VLO-010473
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2020-VLO-010473/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

The February 2022 10-K states the DGD Plant expansion was completed in 2021, before the 2021 deadline. The exact completion date is not given.

A
Valero Energy 10-K filed 2022-02-22 Regulatory filing · published 22 Feb 2022 · retrieved 15 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint a8ce322a1c71
“In 2021, we completed the expansion of DGD’s existing renewable diesel plant (the DGD Plant).” ✓ confirmed on the page
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Valero Energy 10-K filed 2023-02-23 Regulatory filing · published 23 Feb 2023 · retrieved 15 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 4025060b03a1
“the expansion of the DGD St. Charles Plant and the completion of the DGD Port Arthur Plant that commenced operations in the fourth quarters of 2021 and 2022, respectively” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved -2.0% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (18 Feb 2022 to 24 Feb 2022). What this measures

Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

Deadline drift +365 days
2 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 30 Jan 2020

Deadline 31 Dec 2021 (“in 2021”) · wording expected
Version 2 · stated 1 Jun 2022

Deadline 31 Dec 2022 (“4Q22”)

“DGD 3 ... 4Q22 / $975 MM”
Source for this version

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: DGD expansion
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.

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