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On December 15, 2015, thick smoke and flames could be seen rising up from the refinery. Due to the loss of a primary steam generation unit, flaring was done to release pressure. A level-2 alert was issued to the community, recommending that they stay indoors due to smoke blowing offsite. The alert was reduced to Level 0 on the same day. [8]
The Martinez Refinery, owned by PBF Energy, located in Martinez, CA PBF Energy Inc. is a petroleum refining and logistics company that produces and sells transportation fuels, heating oils, lubricants, petrochemical feedstocks, and other petroleum products.
The Shell Martinez Refinery in Martinez, California, the first Shell refinery in the United States, supplied Shell and Texaco stations in the West and Midwest [12] until its sale to PBF Energy in 2020. [13] Shell fuel previously included the RU2000 and SU2000 lines (later there was a SU2000E) but they have been superseded by the V-Power line. [14]
(The Center Square) - California gas prices have risen “an average of $0.38 per gallon since the event and may increase further” since a Feb. 1 fire shut down the Martinez refinery that ...
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April 10, 1989 – An explosion and fire occurred in a cracking column at the Chevron Richmond refinery. A total of 8 workers and firefighters were injured. Three workers suffered second and third degree burns. February 23, 1999 - A fire occurred in the crude unit at Tosco Corporation's Avon oil refinery in Martinez.
The leak was reported at the refinery on East Pacific Coast Highway at about 6:39 a.m., according to a Fire Department release. One person was rescued by firefighters using a rigid basket or ...