Re: "Bummer.. Why?"
ron Wrote:
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> Dave Wrote:
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> > They are closing the Phillips refinery in 2023.
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> Bummer.. Why?
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[ . . . ] Phillips 66 has provided a job for roughly between 120 and 150 people, high-paying union jobs and professional jobs,” said Jim Anderson, Santa Maria Refinery Maintenance Superintendent.
According to Anderson, the closure is due to recent economic challenges and not the denial of the company’s proposed oil-by-rail project.
“The reason is changing market conditions in California. The changing refinery requirements, changing crude oil supplies have all worked kind of against the facility here in Santa Maria and it's really just no longer economically viable to continue to operate," Anderson said."
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Phillips 66 lets contract for San Francisco refinery-into-renewables conversion project -- [
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