Richmond Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Chevron Website: http://www.chevron.com/ List of Chevron Refineries Location: Richmond, California, USA Capacity: 12.0 million tons/annum & 240,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description Richmond Refinery is a large and highly complex refinery Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation - 123,500 Catalytic Cracking - 90,000 Hydrocracker- 103,400 Residual Hydrocracker -65,000 Catalytic Reformer - 71,300 Solvent Deasphalting - 66,000 Hydrotreatment Naphtha - 57,600 Kerosene - 96,000 Diesel - 64,800 Other - 98,800 Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply - Products Produced gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel and lubricants Ongoing Projects See Richmond Refinery Upgrade Project for details A Renewal Project is now under way which includes: A new, more efficient hydrogen plant with the capacity to supply other Bay Area refineries as well as Chevron. Equipment improvements to enable the refinery to process higher-sulfur feedstocks with a reduction in sulfur emissions. Other Information - History 1902 - Refineries operations began with a capacity of 1000 barrels per day 1992 - The Richmond plant also completed the first of two cogeneration projects to produce electricity and process steam 1999 - A major explosion occurred in the Hydrocracker 2012 - An explosion and fire occurred at the refinery 2013 - The California Division of Occupational Safety & Health fined Chevron $1 million for the fire Relevant Links Richmond Refinery Website Explosion at Chevron Refinery in Richmond CSB Deploying to Fire and Explosion at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond California CSB to Pursue Full Investigation of August 6 Fire at Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California Cal/OSHA Cites Chevron Nearly $1 Million for Richmond Refinery Fire