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This is a list of oil refineries. The Oil & Gas Journal publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily processing capacity, and the size of each process unit in the refinery. For some countries, the refinery list is further categorized state-by-state.
The Shell Martinez Refinery, in Martinez, California, has operated continuously since its construction in 1915. The first known US petroleum refiner was Samuel Kier of Pittsburgh, who in the 1850s produced an illuminating oil for miners' lamps. American petroleum refining largely grew out of oil shale refining.
Pages in category "Oil refineries in California" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
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 decision by Phillips 66 this week to shutter its refinery in Wilmington next year will wipe out more than 8% of the state's crude oil processing capacity. Another refinery shuts down in ...
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 ...
Petroleum in California — oil and gas resources, production, ... Oil refineries in California (5 P) S. Sempra Energy (17 P) U. Union Oil Company of California (1 C ...
Phillips 66 will shutter its Los Angeles-area oil refinery complex late next year. The refinery, built in 1919, produces gas, diesel and aviation fuels. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times