Chevron El Segundo Refinery Reports Emergency Flaring

MIAMI, FL (DTN) — Chevron Products Co. reported an emergency flaring event at its 269,000 bpd El Segundo, California, refinery that began at 12:00 a.m. PT on October 9, according to a filing with the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

The cause of the flare was listed as emergency flaring, with no estimated stop time available as of Thursday (10/9) afternoon.

This marks the third flaring incident at Chevron’s El Segundo facility in recent months. The refinery previously reported flaring on September 7 attributed to a startup/shutdown event and another in early August linked to unplanned maintenance.