FACTBOX-US refinery fire incidents so far in 2025

ReutersOct 3, 2025 11:24 AM

Oct 3 (Reuters) - A fire broke out in a jet fuel unit at Chevron's CVX.N 285,000 barrel-per-day El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles on Thursday, sending flames and smoke into the air.

No injuries were reported and all workers at the refinery were accounted for, Chevron said in an email.

The fire broke out in the refinery's Isomax 7 unit, which converts mid-distillate fuel oil into jet fuel, two sources said.

Isomax 7 produces jet fuel along with the refinery’s two crude distillation units for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Chevron's second-biggest refinery in the United States, the El Segundo facility supplies a fifth of all motor vehicle fuels and 40% of the jet fuel consumed in southern California.

In the U.S. so far in 2025, there have been several refinery fire incidents. Below are key details:

Company	Processing capacity	Key products	Location	Date of incident	Impact
Chevron CVX.N	285,000 barrel-per-day (bpd)	Produces about 40% of southern California’s jet fuel and 20% of its gasoline	El Segundo, California	October 3	No injuries were reported, all workers at the refinery were accounted for. Fire broke out in the refinery's Isomax 7 unit, which converts mid-distillate fuel oil into jet fuel.
CITGO	459,800 bpd	Gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, lubricants, and petrochemicals	Lake Charles, Louisiana	September 22	A flash fire occurred and affected four contract workers. Refinery operations remain normal and uninterrupted
				July 11	A lightning strike started a fire at a storage tank. All other parts of the refinery are operating normally.
Phillips 66 PSX.N	258,000 bpd	Produces a high percentage of transportation fuels, as well as petrochemical feedstocks, residual fuel oil and home heating oil	Linden, New Jersey	August 14	An ancillary piece of equipment of the refinery's Fluid Catalytic Cracking unit caught fire and led to the production outage.
Chevron CVX.N	356,440 bpd	Mainly manufactures motor gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel fuel. Other products include fuel oils such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), aviation gasoline, petroleum coke and sulfur	Pascagoula, Mississippi	July 15	An incident at the refinery’s wastewater treatment led to the fire and four workers were injured.
Marathon Petroleum Corp MPC.N	631,000 bpd	Gasoline, distillates, aromatics, heavy fuel oil, dry gas, fuel-grade coke, refinery-grade propylene, chemical-grade propylene and sulfur	Galveston Bay, Texas	June 14	Production was cut back on the gasoline-producing 140,000 bpd fluidic catalytic cracker 3 (FCC-3) and the 115,000 cat feed hydrotreater due to the fire. No injuries reported, and all personnel were accounted for.
Hunt Refining	50,000 bpd	Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and asphalt	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	May 7	A fire broke out at the refinery's coker unit following an external power outage, prompting the company to operate at reduced rates.
Valero Energy VLO.N	145,000 bpd	Processes sour crude oils into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and asphalt	Benicia, California	May 5	A fire broke out at the refinery, causing damage to its 77,000-bpd fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) unit. All personnel accounted for, and no injuries were reported. According to the company's website, the refinery employs more than 400 people.
PBF Energy PBF.N	156,400 bpd	Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, intermediates, petroleum coke, LPG, sulfur	Martinez, California	April 3	A portable generator at the refinery caught fire while being refueled by a contract worker, who was transported off-site for medical evaluation and treatment.
Phillips 66 PSX.N	138,700 bpd	Gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and fuel-grade petroleum coke	Los Angeles, California	March 18	The fire was quickly isolated and extinguished, operations were not impacted, and all personnel were accounted for. According to the company's website, approximately 600 employees are on-site
PBF Energy PBF.N	156,400 bpd	Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, intermediates, petroleum coke, LPG, sulfur	Martinez, California	February 1	A fire broke out near the 77,500-bpd cat feed hydrotreater, impacting operations. Partial production resumed on July 31, while the full restart of the remaining units is planned by the end of 2025
CVR Energy CVI.N	132,000 bpd	Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, petroleum coke, LPG, sulfur. Also features an adjacent nitrogen fertilizer plant	Coffeyville, Kansas	January 21	A fire broke out in the naphtha hydrotreater unit, and all employees have been accounted for.

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