Refinery Fire In San Francisco Area -- October 15, 2019

In light of news today regarding a refinery fire in the San Francisco area, re-posting this note from May 7, 2010, along with a comment from a reader reacting to that post. From the link:

An explosion and fire ripped through fuel storage tanks at a facility in Crockett Tuesday, sending flames and black smoke billowing into the skies and forcing the closure of a stretch of Interstate 80.

The incident began around 2 p.m. at a storage tank farm at NuStar Energy facility nestled in the hills above the 90 block of San Pablo Ave. The fire ignited the vegetation on a hillside bordering the storage tanks.

Based on the video footage and the fact that the fire department is going to let this one "burn out" on its own suggests this will be relatively "contained." Lots of smoke, but perhaps not a lot of impact.

Original Post

This one tweet seems to say it all -- Patricia squeezed in a lot of data in 280 characters. LOL.

My attempt to figure it out:

• mogas: gasoline
• USWC: United States West Coast
• ARA: Saudi Arabia
• USCS: United States Customs Service
• Vio La Benecia: Valero refinery; shut down for pollution issues; 
• Chv El Secundo: I assume this is Chevron El Segundo, Bay Area; Chevron; often in the news, and not always in a "good" way
• Martinez: a number of refineries in the Martinez area, as far as I know; many issues over the years; Andeavor; "Shell name"; Marathon; [see first comment below: Two refineries in Martinez. Downtown has Shell. To the east across I-680 is the old Tesoro, renamed Andeavor on its way to purchase by Marathon??] [Summer, 2019: PBF acquires Martinez; Shell no longer has any refinery operations in California; link here.]
• "early re-starts": Valero may "re-start" in mid-May?

Hopefully, Argus Media will provide the back story. Perhaps this is "normal" for this time of the year in California.

Reader's response:

• Two refineries in Martinez. Downtown has Shell. To the east across I-680 is the old Tesoro, renamed Andeavor on its way to purchase by Marathon?? 

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