Torrance Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Exxon
• Website: http://www.exxonmobil.com
  • List of Exxon Mobil Refineries
• Capacity: 7.5 million tons/annum & 149,500 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A highly complex refinery producing high quality products for the demanding California Market

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation, 149,500 bpd
• Vacuum Distillation, 102,300 bpd
• Delayed Coking - 54,600 bpd
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 100,200 bpd
• Hydrocracker, 22,100 bpd
• Catalytic Reforming, 20,000 bpd
• Naphtha Desulphurisation, 24,700 bpd
• Diesel Desulphurisation, 18,000 bpd
• Heavy Gasoil Desulphurisation, 106,500 bpd
• Sulphur Recovery

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery's crude oil supply still comes primarily from the San Joaquin Valley.
• ExxonMobil's M-70 pipeline, one of the country's most advanced, carries some of the heaviest crude oil in the world from Central California to the refinery.

Products Produced

• More than 70 percent of each barrel is refined into high quality, specially formulated low emissions gasoline and sold in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada.
• Other products of the Torrance refining process include jet fuel, diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gases (LPG), coke and sulfur.

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1929 - Refinery Operations begin
• 1965 - Modernization efforts result in an almost completely rebuilt refinery.
• 2000 - Torrance is the first refinery to install a pollution control device on its fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit, significantly reducing emissions.
• 2005 - Exxon agrees to invest in emissions reductions after Consent Decree with the EPA

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• Torrance Refinery, Hydrocarbons Technology
• U.S. Announces Clean Air Agreement with ExxonMobil Nearly 77 Percent of Domestic Refining Capacity Now Under Consent Decrees

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