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Valero Energy Corp./TX – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/23 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 10/26/23, at 4:23pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/23   ·   Accession #:  1035002-23-110   ·   File #:  1-13175

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

10/26/23  Valero Energy Corp./TX            10-Q        9/30/23   71:10M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.38M 
 2: EX-31.01    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.02    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32.01    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
10: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     71K 
11: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    132K 
12: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     27K 
13: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)       HTML    116K 
14: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     67K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R6          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited)       HTML     87K 
16: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited)       HTML     21K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    108K 
18: R9          Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     25K 
                Policies                                                         
19: R10         Uncertainty                                         HTML     27K 
20: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     30K 
21: R12         Debt                                                HTML     96K 
22: R13         Equity                                              HTML     93K 
23: R14         Variable Interest Entities                          HTML     56K 
24: R15         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     60K 
25: R16         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     57K 
26: R17         Revenues and Segment Information                    HTML    206K 
27: R18         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     54K 
28: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    153K 
29: R20         Price Risk Management Activities                    HTML     99K 
30: R21         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     32K 
31: R22         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     25K 
32: R23         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     41K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
33: R24         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     30K 
34: R25         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     93K 
35: R26         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     86K 
36: R27         Variable Interest Entities (Tables)                 HTML     55K 
37: R28         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     57K 
38: R29         Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)                  HTML     56K 
39: R30         Revenues and Segment Information (Tables)           HTML    197K 
40: R31         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     47K 
41: R32         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    145K 
42: R33         Price Risk Management Activities (Tables)           HTML     93K 
43: R34         Uncertainty (Details)                               HTML     22K 
44: R35         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     31K 
45: R36         Inventories (Details) (Narrative)                   HTML     23K 
46: R37         Debt, Public Debt (Details)                         HTML     65K 
47: R38         Debt, Credit Facilities (Details)                   HTML     87K 
48: R39         Debt, Activity Under Credit Facilities (Details)    HTML     42K 
49: R40         Debt, Interest Incurred (Details)                   HTML     27K 
50: R41         Equity, Narrative (Details)                         HTML     35K 
51: R42         Equity, Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive  HTML     66K 
                Loss (Details)                                                   
52: R43         Variable Interest Entities (Details) (Narrative)    HTML     26K 
53: R44         Variable Interest Entities (Details)                HTML     54K 
54: R45         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     49K 
55: R46         Earnings Per Common Share (Details)                 HTML     69K 
56: R47         Revenues and Segment Information, Contract          HTML     28K 
                Balances (Details)                                               
57: R48         Revenues and Segment Information, Components of     HTML    100K 
                Operating Income (Loss) (Details)                                
58: R49         Revenues and Segment Information, Disaggregation    HTML     49K 
                of Revenue by Product (Details)                                  
59: R50         Revenues and Segment Information, Assets (Details)  HTML     38K 
60: R51         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     59K 
61: R52         Fair Value Measurements, Recurring (Details)        HTML    127K 
62: R53         Fair Value Measurements, Nonrecurring (Details)     HTML     28K 
63: R54         Fair Value Measurements, Financial Instruments      HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R55         Price Risk Management Activities (Details)          HTML     69K 
65: R56         Price Risk Management Activities, Hedging           HTML     52K 
                Instruments by Consolidated Balance Sheet Location               
                (Details)                                                        
66: R57         Price Risk Management Activities, Effect of         HTML     43K 
                Derivative Instruments on Income and Other                       
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
69: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    125K 
67: XML         XBRL Instance -- vlo-20230930_htm                    XML   2.89M 
68: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    133K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- vlo-20230930_cal                XML    203K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- vlo-20230930_def                 XML    614K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- vlo-20230930_lab                      XML   1.68M 
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 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- vlo-20230930                          XSD    129K 
70: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              498±   714K 
71: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001035002-23-000110-xbrl      Zip    384K

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