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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 ...
Complaints of acrid odors, fiery accidents, soot and harmful emissions have gained new resonance in recent years.
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]
The refinery was built in 1968 for Humble Oil and completed in 1969. Humble Oil changed its name to Exxon in 1972. Valero purchased the property in 2000. In October 2024, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and California Air Resources Board issued an $82 million fine over air pollution violations at the Benicia Refinery, following a 2019 inspection, with the fine being the largest in ...
On June 17, 2011, the DOJ, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and California Regional Water Quality Control Board filed suit against Greka in Federal court in Los Angeles for having failed to comply with the requirements of the Clean Water Act, citing 21 oil and contaminated water spills between 2005 and 2010. The amount sought was in ...
Oil company Phillips 66 announced Wednesday that it plans to shut down a Los Angeles-area refinery by the end of 2025, citing market concerns. The company said it will remain operating in the state.
By 2006, the refinery had a capacity of 225,000 barrels (35,800 m 3) a day and processed more crude oil than any other plant in the Bay Area and ranked among the major refineries in the U.S. [9] In March 2014, the company launched a website to provide Richmond-area community news. [12]