Richmond Refinery
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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
- All of the crude oil processed at the refinery arrives via ship and is unloaded at the Richmond Long Wharf
Products Produced
- gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel and lubricants
- Products can be transported on the SFPP Oil Products Pipeline
Projects
- See Richmond Refinery Upgrade Project for details
- A Renewal Project was completed in 2018 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
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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
- 2018 - The modernisation project is completed
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
