News - Massive fire breaks out at Chevron refinery in California

Story: El Segundo, California — A massive fire broke out at a Chevron oil refinery, one of the largest on the U.S. West Coast. Media reports said the cause of the blaze was not immediately known. No injuries were reported in the explosion at a jet-fuel production unit at Chevron’s CVX.N 285,000-barrel-per-day Los Angeles-area refinery, according to people familiar with the matter. In a regulatory filing, the U.S. energy major also reported emergency flaring at El Segundo. The refinery’s rated capacity is about 290,000 barrels per day, and its main products are gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel, Chevron says on its website. Its total storage capacity is 12.5 million barrels across about 150 major tanks.