Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Los Angeles County near the L.A. Harbor, California, USA
Area: 930 acres
Capacity: 380,000 barrels per day (bpd)
Start-up Year: -
The Los Angeles Refinery is located in Los Angeles County near the L.A. Harbor, on approximately 930 acres and is owned and operated by Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC (Tesoro). The Los Angeles Refinery is the largest refinery on the West Coast and is a major producer of clean fuels. At full capacity, it operates at 363,000 barrels per day (bpd). The refinery processes heavy crude from California’s San Joaquin Valley and Los Angeles Basin as well as crudes from the Alaska North Slope, South America, West Africa and other international sources. It manufactures gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, petroleum coke, fuel oil, fuel gases, propylene and calcined coke.
The Los Angeles Refinery receives crude at its marine terminals in L.A. Harbor and ships products throughout southern California, Arizona and Nevada via its connections to several product distribution pipelines and terminals. It distributes all grades of gasoline and ultra-low-sulfur diesel, primarily to Tesoro’s retail system under the Tesoro®, Shell®, ARCO®, Exxon®, Mobil®, and USA Gasoline™ brands. Its Watson Cogeneration plant produces 400 MW, and is the largest cogeneration facility in California.
Operator:
Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC (Tesoro): Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
ClearSign Combustion Corporation: Agreement with Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC to evaluate the performance of ClearSign\'s low emissions Duplex™ technology in Tesoro\'s refinery heaters. In the initial stage of the agreement, ClearSign will retrofit Duplex technology within a selected multiple-burner process heater at Tesoro\'s Los Angeles refinery. Several performance criteria will be evaluated, including NOx emissions that meet or exceed the California South Coast Air Quality Management District\'s (SCAQMD) ambitious NOx Reclaim Program\'s goal of reducing refinery NOx emissions to half of their current level of (tons NOx or PPM) by 2020.