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Washington state has the fifth highest oil refining capacity of any state. As of 2018, there are 5 refineries in Washington state with a joint capacity of 637,700 b/d. [ 1 ] They are, in order of greatest b/d capacity, Cherry Point refinery , Puget Sound refinery , Marathon Anacortes refinery , Ferndale refinery and U.S. Oil refinery .
When first operational, Cherry Point had a capacity of about 100,000 barrels (16,000 m 3); it currently processes over 225,000 barrels (35,800 m 3) of petroleum (crude oil) per day, with 90% becoming gasoline, diesel or jet fuel. [7] It covers about 3,300 acres (5.2 sq mi; 13 km 2). [8] Most of Cherry Point's crude oil is from the Alaska North ...
Soil in the Ruston/North Tacoma study area is contaminated by arsenic and lead. Soil, surface water and groundwater across most of the Tacoma Tar Pits site is contaminated by metals, PAHs, PCBs, and VOCs including benzene, from a former coal gasification plant and recycling operations. Ship building, oil refining, chemical manufacture and ...
USOR (U.S. Oil & Refining Co.) began in 1952 as Pacific Oil & Refining Co., [1] a privately held corporation. Its first president was Dr. Ernest Lyder. The company was formed to build an oil refinery in the Pacific Northwest. In 1954, the refinery's present site in Tacoma was purchased, and in 1955 the corporation was renamed U.S. Oil ...
An oil spill in a Tacoma street has caused road closure as cleanup is underway Tuesday. The 5300 block of Orchard Street will be closed through the morning and possibly into the afternoon, ...
Olympic Pipe Line Company ran a network of fuel pipes beginning at refineries in Whatcom County and Anacortes and running south to Seattle and Portland. In 1999, the pipeline was owned and operated by Equilon, a joint venture between Shell Oil and Texaco. As of 2006, the pipeline is 65% owned by Enbridge and 35% owned by BP. [3]
A 1911 map shows the promontory, near the center of the map. Many of the east–west street names have since changed, and a few near the lake have been somewhat rerouted. Gas Works Park occupies a 20.5 acres (8.3 hectares) promontory between the northwest and northeast arms of Lake Union. Little is known of pre–Euro-American site history, but ...
Tacoma Police Department said there wasn’t an oil spill as a result of the derailment. The incident was reported at about 7:55 a.m. near the 1800 block of Milwaukee Way.