Per the Daily Breeze, Oct.16 2024: Phillips 66 announced Wednesday it will close its Los Angeles-area refinery next year, idling 600 employees and 300 contractors who work at two sprawling facilities that straddle Wilmington and Carson in the port region.
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A statement cited uncertainty about the “sustainability” of the facility going forward.
“We understand this decision has an impact on our employees, contractors and the broader community,” Mark Lashier, chairman and CEO of Phillips 66, said in a statement. “We will work to help and support them through this transition.”
The refinery includes a crude-oil processing facility that operates on 235 acres in Carson and a separate 424-acre facility in Wilmington where the processed oil is finalized into “finished products.”
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