Commence operations at the new DGD 3 plant at Port Arthur
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 22 Apr 2021
- Due
- 31 Dec 2023
- Delivered
- Q4 2022
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The new DGD plant at Port Arthur (DGD 3), which is expected to produce 470 million gallons per year of renewable diesel, is expected to commence operations in the second half of 2023”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The 2024 10-K states the DGD Port Arthur Plant, with 470 million gallons per year of renewable diesel capacity, commenced operations in Q4 2022, ahead of the second-half 2023 target.
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A Valero Energy 10-K filed 2024-02-22
“The DGD Port Arthur Plant, which has a production capacity of approximately 470 million gallons of renewable diesel and approximately 20 million gallons of renewable naphtha per year, commenced operations in the fourth quarter of 2022.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Valero Energy 10-K filed 2025-02-26
“The DGD Port Arthur Plant, which has a production capacity of approximately 470 million gallons of renewable diesel and approximately 20 million gallons of renewable naphtha per year, commenced operations in the fourth quarter of 2022.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +4.0% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (21 Feb 2024 to 26 Feb 2024). 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 -184 days
- 2 versions
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Version 1 · original · stated 22 Apr 2021
Deadline 31 Dec 2023 (“in the second half of 2023”) · target 470 million gallons per year · wording expected
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Version 2 · stated 21 Oct 2021
Deadline 30 Jun 2023 (“in the first half of 2023”) · wording expected
“The new DGD plant at Valero’s Port Arthur refinery (DGD 3)... is still expected to commence operations in the first half of 2023”
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Production start
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Commence
- Deliverable
- DGD 3 plant at Port Arthur
- Target
- 470 million gallons per year
- Where
- Port Arthur
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Depends on
- Partner
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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