There’s no rebuilding that refinery. Cost way too much. More likely to be cheaper to close the refinery and expand another BP refinery. It would take 5 or more years to replace that refinery.
Opinion and not fact…. In my past life before retiring, I ran scenarios like this for several refineries so just an educated guess.
I had assumed based on early info that only one unit was involved, one of three (?) crude units. If this was accurate, then it would be likely that the refinery could restart at reduced capacity in some sort of near term.
Oh…. One other thing…. About half of the town of Whiting is the BP refinery. There’s not much town.
From what I understand, the fire damaged electrical equipment, not the refining equipment itself.