Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: A ṣẹda Valero ni Oṣu Kini Ọjọ 1, Ọdun 1980, gẹgẹbi arọpo ti Ile-iṣẹ Gas Coastal States Gas Corporation, Ile-iṣẹ Gbigba LoVaca. Valero gba awọn iṣẹ gaasi adayeba ti LoVaca Gathering Company, nigbamii ti a pe ni Valero Transmission Company. Orúkọ náà Valero wá láti inú "Mission San Antonio de Valero", orúkọ ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti
Alamo ni. Valero gba Corpus Christi Marine Services Company ("CCMS"), ile-iṣẹ ọkọ oju omi kekere kan ni Corpus Christi, Texas ni Oṣu Kẹrin ọdun 1981 nigbati o ra ipin kan ni Saber Energy Inc. ti Houston. Ní May 1985, Valero Refining and Marketing Company ni wọ́n dá sílẹ̀ láti inú ilé-iṣẹ́ ọmọ ti Valero, Saber Energy, Inc.