Two major oil companies plan to close crude oil refineries in California within a year, taking out about 18% of the state’s ...

Phillip 66’s century-old Los Angeles refinery and Valero’s Benicia refinery, which opened in 1969, have the capacity to refine more than 300,000 barrels of oil per day into gasoline.

Nearly 1,700 Bay Area residents went to hospital emergency rooms complaining of stinging eyes, wheezing and difficulty breathing after Monday night’s Chevron refinery fire in Richmond. This ...

A fire Monday at Valero’s Benicia refinery leaves only one gasoline plant still operating in the San Francisco Bay Area, putting pressure on prices ahead of peak driving season.

Apr. 28—BENICIA — The vast Valero refinery in Solano County could be redeveloped as a result of an assessment of the prime site that Valero and one of the Bay Area's top real estate firms have ...

Bay Area public health authorities announced Thursday that heavy metals released by a refinery in November do not pose a significant risk to gardeners or residents in the city of Martinez ...

The refinery includes a crude-oil processing facility that operates on 235 acres in Carson and a separate 424-acre facility in Wilmington where the processed oil is finalized into “finished ...

The documents, which haven’t been reported previously, show that in 2006 and 2007, Petroleos Mexicanos, the state oil giant, committed to preserving the area that included a rare mangrove forest ...

Oil company Phillips 66 announced Wednesday that it plans to shut down a Los Angeles-area refinery by the end of 2025, citing market concerns.