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The refinery is located on 850 acres, in 2016 had approximately 650 full-time employees, and had a crude oil capacity of 157,000 barrels per day. In 2015 it was the fourth-largest refinery in the state. The refinery had a Nelson complexity index of 16.1. [citation needed]
The Phillips 66 refinery complex in Wilmington and Carson now produces 1.3 billion gallons of gasoline annually, which will leave a huge gap to be filled after its planned closure late next year.
The South Bay is in for a large-scale transformation near the Port of Los Angeles as Phillips 66 shuts down its sprawling refineries and makes way for developers to reimagine the prime real estate.
A declining percentage of the oil supplied to California's refineries is produced in California, down to 23.4% in 2023 from 51.0% in 1993, thirty years earlier. [17] 15.9% of oil supplied to California's refineries came from Alaska in 2023, and 60.7% came from foreign sources. [17]
Complaints of acrid odors, fiery accidents, soot and harmful emissions have gained new resonance in recent years.
March 28, 2016: An ash column 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) high was released from Popocateptl, prompting the establishment of a 12-kilometer "security ring" around the summit. [12] April 3, 2016 — Popocatépetl erupted, spewing lava, ash and rock. [13] April 9 to 15 – 2016 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B in Mexico City
California's attempt to manage a smooth transition away from gasoline just got roughed up with this week's decision by Phillips 66 to shutter its refinery in Wilmington next year, wiping out more ...
March 30, 2016 - An explosion & fire at a tank battery in Pecos. [183] October 14, 2016 - Lightning resulted in two tank battery fires in Howard County. [184] April 4, 2017 – Fire at an oil well site, in northern Howard County. One firefighter was injured. [185] August 16, 2017 - A tank battery caught fire in Greenwood. [186]