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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 ...
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]
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
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]
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.
Complaints of acrid odors, fiery accidents, soot and harmful emissions have gained new resonance in recent years.
Early California Oil: A Photographic History, 1865-1940 (Texas A&M UP, 1985); 260pp; an illustrated general history of the industry online Archived March 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine; Freudenberg, William R. and Robert Gramling. Oil in Troubled Waters: Perceptions, Politics, and the Battle over Offshore Drilling (SUNY Albany, 1994)
Up until the end of September, U.S.-based refiners were a hot place to be for investors. Many of these companies saw stock price appreciation above 50% from Jan. 3 to Sept. 23; Western Refining ...