Chevron to Make Adjustments to Los Angeles Refinery Following Large Fire

(Reuters) – Chevron  said on Saturday that it will be making operational adjustments to its 285,000 barrel-per-day El Segundo refinery to meet Southern California’s fuel demands after a large fire erupted on Thursday night at the refinery.

The El Segundo refinery is the second-largest in California and Chevron’s second-biggest refinery in the United States. The facility supplies a fifth of all motor vehicle fuels and 40% of the jet fuel consumed in Southern California.


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An unplanned flare event occurred at the El Segundo refinery on Saturday following the extinguishing of the fire. “Future intermittent flaring is a possibility as these operational adjustments occur,” a Chevron spokesperson said.

Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Matthew Lewis

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