Factbox: US refinery fire incidents so far in 2025

CVR Energy

03/10/2025 12:24

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.

 (Reporting by Anushree Mukherjee and Anmol Choubey in Bengaluru.
Editing by Mark Potter)

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