Richmond Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Chevron
- Website: http://www.chevron.com/
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- 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
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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
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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
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