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Complaints of acrid odors, fiery accidents, soot and harmful emissions have gained new resonance in recent years.
For more than 100 years, the Wilmington and Carson oil refineries have pumped out millions of barrels of gasoline, filling the thirsty cars of Southern California's freeway-driving motorists.
In August BP plc (NYSE: BP) announced that it would sell its Carson, California, refinery to Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) for $2.5 billion. The sale was part of BP's effort to shed $38 billion in assets.
Prior to March 2021, BP operated the Kwinana refinery in Western Australia, which was the country's largest refinery, [239] supplying about 70% of Western Australia's fuel needs. The former refinery, located on Cockburn Sound , was converted to an import terminal and, as of 2025 [update] , was transitioning into a biorefinery and green hydrogen ...
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.
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 ...
In 2020, a fire triggered by an explosion broke out at a Marathon refinery in Carson in a section of the plant that had been cited by California inspectors for workplace safety violations. No one ...