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Chevron Richmond Refinery: Company History and Refining Process

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The Chevron Richmond Refinery has a rich history dating back to the early 1900s and is responsible for producing high-value products and transportation fuels. Learn about their refining process, which includes distillation, hydrotreating, cracking, and blending.

Chevron Richmond Refinery: Company History and Refining Process

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Chevron Company HistoryThe Chevron Richmond Refinery belongs to a community that possesses a rich history dating back to the early 1900s. In fact, the Refinery has been in place since before the City of Richmondwas incorporated in 1905. Today, the Refinery provides jobs for more than 1,000 people, covers approximately 2,900 acres, and has a refining capacity of 240,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The Chevron Richmond Refinery processes more crude oil than any other refinery in the Bay Area and ranks among the major refineries in the United States.Oil refining is a highly competitive capital-intensive business, requiring complex processing equipment. The essence of oil refining is converting crude oil into high-value products. Our central focus is on making transportation fuels – gasoline, jet and diesel – as well as lubricating oils. We are responsible caretakers of our land and environment; we operate our own electricity, steam, and water treatment facilities, and even maintain a vast wetlands reserve.What We Do: The Refining ProcessChevron's Richmond Refinery processes over 240,000 barrels of crude oil a day in the manufacture of petroleum products and chemicals used to manufacture many other useful products. The Refinery's primary products are motor gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel and lubricants.The refining process starts in the distillation towers. Here, liquids and vapors are separated into components according to weight and boiling point. The lighter, more valuable fuels are separatedfrom the heavier products. From the crude units, nearly all of the products are then treated to remove sulfur and nitrogen, primarily by "hydrotreating." The resulting sulfur is recovered and
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