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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: #2,624 - Where California will get its gasoline when Phillips refinery shuts down
Description: The shutdown of the Phillips 66 refinery complex in Wilmington and Carson next year will force California to make up for the loss by importing more gasoline by ocean tanker, which is expected to raise prices to motorists at the pump.
—The closure will leave California with eight gasoline refineries, down from 11 five years ago.
California for decades produced enough gasoline to supply almost all of its own needs, but the era of self-sufficiency is coming quickly to an end.
The Phillips 66 refinery complex in Wilmington and Carson now produces 1.3 billion ga...