Posts Tagged ‘crude oil’
A community tour of Chevron’s Richmond refinery full of eye-popping sights
Chevron’s Community Tour Day last Saturday showed Richmond residents the inside of the 2,900 acre refinery and the progress of the refinery modernization project.
Read MoreLawsuit seeking to stop rail shipments of Bakken crude oil dismissed
A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by environmental groups that sought to halt rail shipments of volatile Bakken crude oil into Richmond. Judge Peter J. Busch ruled that the lawsuit was filed too late.
Read MoreChevron’s damaged Crude Unit 4 to remain shut through the winter as gas prices soar
The stoppage of operations at Chevron’s damaged Crude Distillation Unit, which supplied units at the Richmond refinery responsible for 38 percent of the Bay Area’s total refining capacity, has been partially blamed for soaring gas prices across the state.
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