* Water useage per barrel at the North Pole refinery is much lower than the other three refineries because it is a smaller, less complex facility.
** Corpus Christi includes East and West refineries.
There are two studies that help put FHR's refinery water use in perspective. A report, Texas Industrial Water Usage Survey, Pequod Associates, Inc. and TWDB, Austin, Texas, August 1993, indicates that Corpus Christi-area refineries used an average of 46 gallons of water per barrel of crude processed, compared to the state average of 100 gallons per barrel refined. A U.S. Department of Energy study in 1998 indicates that California refineries used a range of 20 to 60 gallons of water per barrel refined.
