Chevron Richmond Refinery
The Chevron Richmond Refinery is a 2,900-acre (1,200 ha) petroleum refinery in Richmond, California, on San Francisco Bay. It is owned and operated by Chevron Corporation and employs more than 1,200 workers, making it the city's largest employer. The refinery processes approximately 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil a day in the manufacture of petroleum products and other chemicals. The refinery's primary products are motor gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel and lubricants.
The refinery with Mount Tamalpais and the Marin Hills in the background, the city of Richmond in the foreground
Chevron oil tanker (Mississippi Voyager)
A protest to modernization that would allow for refining of more polluting high sulphur crude
Distillation & reforming plant detail, the large white spherical containers store propane and butane, San Pablo Bay is visible in the background
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 3, 1905, and has a city council. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay region, Richmond borders San Pablo, Albany, El Cerrito and Pinole in addition to the unincorporated communities of North Richmond, Hasford Heights, Kensington, El Sobrante, Bayview-Montalvin Manor, Tara Hills, and East Richmond Heights, and for a short distance San Francisco on Red Rock Island in the San Francisco Bay.
Image: Richmond California aerial (cropped)
Image: Point Richmond houses (4589842386)
Image: New Hotel Carquinez (Richmond, CA)
Image: Caltrans District 4 7904D072
