Too bad this will NOT only affect Kalifornicate’ya.
Move the refineries to Nevada and Arizona.
This will not impact just CA as they produce jet fuel for the nation and no new oil refineries have been built anywhere in the US since the 70s. We cannot be energy independent without refineries. There are actually 3 large refineries closing in CA , they have been there for over 75 years and are environmentally clean, and they supply about 9-10% of CA fuel and 1% of the nations gas and oil oil and a significant amount of jet fuel. If you think prices are just going up in CA, well that is not how the oil market works. The current prices are largely a reflection of the additional taxes Newsome has on gas.
I wrote Sec Wright, Burgham etc as Trump’s administration y could easily stop the closures but got a form letter reply. The properties are going to be sold for housing supposedly. And developers have been making donations to both parties.
. Here is what I wrote Sec Wright: I read with interest Secretary Chris Wright’s memo last month directing the agency to take immediate action to unleash “the golden era of energy dominance and his comments at CERAWeek 2025.
I believe there is a low hanging fruit opportunity If Secretary Wright would help stop the closure of two of CA largest oil refineries that produce over 8% of the states gasoline. As you know, no new refineries have been built in the US since the mid 70’s. How can you have energy dominance without refineries? Even Gov Newsom’s California Energy Commission’s analysis has indicated, “Expanding supply capabilities will be critical.”
It will mean a price increase to consumers and dirtier oil. Phillips 66 is contractually obligated to the state of CA,to replace the oil and it will be done with imported heavy crude or dirtier oil. Phillips 66 said, will replace with oil from “inside and ...outside its refining network. So more than likely the supply will be coming from outside aka Venezuela.
Phillips 66 announced (see release below) that they are closing two large refineries in S CA that have been in operation for over 75 years and produced billions of gallons of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
While Governor Newsom privately thanked Phillips 66 for not “throwing him under the bus” , they delayed announcing until a few days after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed new regulations into law.
If you talk to privately to engineers and executives they will tell you that it can be reversed with a little cooperation from the federal government.
“The California Energy Commission’s analysis has indicated, expanding supply capabilities will be critical. Phillips 66 supports these efforts and will work with California to maintain current levels and potentially increase supplies to meet consumer needs. The company will supply gasoline from sources inside and outside its refining network.” The refineries are still in full operation, and there is time to reverse this decision or negotiate a deal to sell the refinery to another refinery like next door Marathon petroleum which is next door to Phillips 66 or other oil and energy companies.
“Move the refineries to Nevada and Arizona”
No refinery of equal capacity as these two closing down in CA. has been built since 1977 (140k a day)I understand that a small 45k barrel a day facility in Texas opened in 2022.