Complete the Sustainable Aviation Fuel project at the DGD Port Arthur plant
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 27 Apr 2023
- Due
- 31 Dec 2025
- Delivered
- Q4 2024
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The project is expected to be completed in 2025 and is estimated to cost $315 million”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Valero successfully completed the Sustainable Aviation Fuel project at the DGD Port Arthur plant in the fourth quarter of 2024, ahead of the 2025 deadline.
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A Valero Energy 10-K filed 2026-02-25
“Our large-scale SAF production project at the DGD Port Arthur Plant (as defined below under “OUR OPERATIONS—Renewable Diesel”) was successfully completed in the fourth quarter of 2024.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +2.9% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (24 Feb 2026 to 27 Feb 2026). What this measures
Checked 17 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
- 4 versions
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Version 1 · original · stated 27 Apr 2023
Deadline 31 Dec 2025 (“in 2025”) · wording expected
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Version 2 · stated 25 Jan 2024
Deadline 31 Mar 2025 (“in the first quarter of 2025”) · wording expected
“The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project at the DGD Port Arthur plant remains on schedule with completion expected in the first quarter of 2025”
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Version 3 · stated 25 Jul 2024
Deadline 31 Dec 2024 (“in the fourth quarter of 2024”) · wording expected
“The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project at the DGD Port Arthur plant is still expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2024, with a total cost of $315 million”
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Version 4 · stated 24 Oct 2024
Deadline 31 Dec 2024 (“this year”) · target 50 percent · wording expected
“The project is expected to be fully operational this year, providing the plant the optionality to upgrade approximately 50 percent of its current 470 million gallon renewable diesel annual production capacity”
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
- Sustainable Aviation Fuel project
- Amount
- USD 315
- 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, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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