Carson Los Angeles Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Tesoro Website: http://www.bp.com/ List of BP Refineries Location: Carson, Los Angeles County, California, USA Capacity: 13.3 million tons/annum & 266.000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: 13.2 Refining Depth: Brief Description A large and very complex refinery Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation - 140,000 Delayed Coker - 67,100 Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 102,500 Hydrocracker - 50,000 Catalytic Reformer - 10,000 + 43,000 Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply It processes ANS (Alaskan North Slope), Middle Eastern and West African crudes Products Produced Gasoline - 6.3 million gallons/day Jet Fuel - 1.7 million gallons/day Diesel - 1.9 million gallons/day Fuel Gases - 675 thousand gallons/day Propylene - 65,000 lbs/day Calcined Coke - 1,000 tons/day Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1938 - Refinery brought on stream 2000 - BP become owner following acquistion of ARCO 2006 - New Vacuum Unit brought onstream to replace outdated unit 2011 - BP announced it was seeking a buyer for the refinery 2013 - Tesoro announced that it was acquiring the refinery 2013 - FTC clearance given for acquistion Relevant Links Carson Fact Sheet BP to Reshape US Downstream Business and Seek Buyers for Texas City and Carson Refineries Tesoro Corporation to Purchase BP's Fully Integrated Southern California Refining and Marketing Business Tesoro Corporation Receives FTC Clearance for Purchase of BP's Southern California Refining and Marketing Business