Factbox-US refinery fire incidents so far in 2025

(Reuters) -A fire broke out in a jet fuel unit at Chevron's 285,000 barrel-per-day El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles on Thursday, sending flames and smoke into the air. No injuries were reported and all workers at the refinery were accounted for, Chevron said in an email. The fire broke out in the refinery's Isomax 7 unit, which converts mid-distillate fuel oil into jet fuel, two sources said. Isomax 7 produces jet fuel along with the refinery’s two crude distillation units for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Chevron's second-biggest refinery in the United States, the El Segundo facility supplies a fifth of all motor vehicle fuels and 40% of the jet fuel consumed in southern California. In the U.S. so far in 2025, there have been several refinery fire incidents. Below are key details: Company Processing Key products Location Date of Impact capacity incident Chevron 285,000 Produces about 40% of El Segundo, California October 3 No injuries were barrel-per-day southern California’s reported, all workers (bpd) jet fuel and 20% of its at the refinery were gasoline accounted for. Fire broke out in the refinery's Isomax 7 unit, which converts mid-distillate fuel oil into jet fuel. CITGO 459,800 bpd Gasoline, diesel, jet Lake Charles, Louisiana September A flash fire occurred fuel, lubricants, and 22 and affected four petrochemicals contract workers. Refinery operations remain normal and uninterrupted July 11 A lightning strike started a fire at a storage tank. All other parts of the refinery are operating normally. Phillips 66 258,000 bpd Produces a high Linden, New Jersey August 14 An ancillary piece of percentage of equipment of the transportation fuels, refinery's Fluid as well as Catalytic Cracking petrochemical unit caught fire and feedstocks, residual led to the production fuel oil and home outage. heating oil Chevron 356,440 bpd Mainly manufactures Pascagoula, Mississippi July 15 An incident at the motor gasoline, jet refinery’s wastewater fuel, and diesel fuel. treatment led to the Other products include fire and four workers fuel oils such as were injured. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), aviation gasoline, petroleum coke and sulfur Marathon 631,000 bpd Gasoline, distillates, Galveston Bay, Texas June 14 Production was cut Petroleum Corp aromatics, heavy fuel back on the oil, dry gas, gasoline-producing fuel-grade coke, 140,000 bpd fluidic refinery-grade catalytic cracker 3 propylene, (FCC-3) and the chemical-grade 115,000 cat feed propylene and sulfur hydrotreater due to the fire. No injuries reported, and all personnel were accounted for. Hunt Refining 50,000 bpd Gasoline, diesel fuel, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 7 A fire broke out at jet fuel, and asphalt the refinery's coker unit following an external power outage, prompting the company to operate at reduced rates. Valero Energy 145,000 bpd Processes sour crude Benicia, California May 5 A fire broke out at oils into gasoline, the refinery, causing diesel, jet fuel and damage to its asphalt 77,000-bpd fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) unit. All personnel accounted for, and no injuries were reported. According to the company's website, the refinery employs more than 400 people. PBF Energy 156,400 bpd Gasoline, diesel fuel, Martinez, California April 3 A portable generator jet fuel, at the refinery intermediates, caught fire while petroleum coke, LPG, being refueled by a sulfur contract worker, who was transported off-site for medical evaluation and treatment. Phillips 66 138,700 bpd Gasoline, diesel, Los Angeles, California March 18 The fire was quickly aviation fuel and isolated and fuel-grade petroleum extinguished, coke operations were not impacted, and all personnel were accounted for. According to the company's website, approximately 600 employees are on-site PBF Energy 156,400 bpd Gasoline, diesel fuel, Martinez, California February 1 A fire broke out near jet fuel, the 77,500-bpd cat intermediates, feed hydrotreater, petroleum coke, LPG, impacting operations. sulfur Partial production resumed on July 31, while the full restart of the remaining units is planned by the end of 2025 CVR Energy 132,000 bpd Gasoline, diesel fuel, Coffeyville, Kansas January 21 A fire broke out in jet fuel, petroleum the naphtha coke, LPG, sulfur. Also hydrotreater unit, features an adjacent and all employees nitrogen fertilizer have been accounted plant for. (Reporting by Anushree Mukherjee and Anmol Choubey in Bengaluru.Editing by Mark Potter)

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