Tesoro Wilmington Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Tesoro
• Website: http://www.tsocorp.com/
• Location: Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 97,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity: 16.4
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A medium sized highly complex refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation - 65,000
• Delayed Coker - 42,000
• FCC- 35,000
• Hydrocracker - 10,000 + 22,000
• Catalytic Reforming - 32,500
• Desulphurisation
  • Naphtha - 33,500
  • Kerosene - 15,000
  • Diesel - 10,000
  • Other - 22,000
  • Heavy Gasoil - 38,000

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes heavy crude from California’s San Joaquin Valley and Los Angeles Basin as well as imported crudes from South America and other international sources.

Products Produced

• gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuels, petroleum coke and fuel oil

Ongoing Projects

• Vacuum Distillation Unit replacement is under way, with completion expected in 2012

Other Information

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History

• 1923 - The Los Angeles Refinery began operations as California Petroleum Corp
• 1998 - Shell acquired an ownership interest through a joint venture
• 2002 - Shell became sole owner
• 2007 - Tesoro acquired the Los Angeles refinery from Shell

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• Tesoro Corporation Announces Agreements to Purchase Shell's Los Angeles Refinery and Approximately 250 Southern California Retail Sites
• Shell signs agreements to sell Los Angeles Refinery and related assets to Tesoro
• 2011 Analyst and Investor Day Presentation

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