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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 Chevron Richmond Refinery is a 2,900-acre (1,200 ha) petroleum refinery in Richmond, California, on San Francisco Bay. [1] It is owned and operated by Chevron Corporation and employs more than 1,200 workers, [ 1 ] making it the city's largest employer. [ 2 ]
The image shows the Chevron Richmond Refinery from the Bay Trail in August 2017.
Hundreds of Chevron workers walked off the job at the Chevron Richmond refinery on Monday asking for a 17% pay raise to offset inflation and rising health care costs.
Though more than 500 refinery workers walked off the job in Richmond Monday, Chevron says they don't anticipate the strike impacting gas prices.
The Richmond Standard is a news site for Richmond, California that functions as the city's only local news outlet. Opened in 2014, It is funded by the Chevron Corporation, which owns the Chevron Richmond Refinery. The site has been criticized for its lack of coverage of stories that are negative toward Chevron. [1]
UPDATE: (10:15 a.m.) — An Illinois State University graduate student said in the aftermath of a deadly shooting near their apartment building that it’s “the first time he didn’t feel safe.”
The terminal receives petroleum, oil, byproduct and other petrochemical imports destined for the Chevron Richmond Refinery and other installations. It is located in the Point Richmond neighborhood. Chevron has cited the sensitivity of the general area in stonewalling attempts to complete the Bay Trail between Point Richmond and the Point Molate ...