Los Angeles (P66) refinery
Also known as:
P66 Carson and P66 Wilmington
Phillips 66's Los Angeles refinery is comprised of two integrated sites (Carson and Wilmington) located in Los Angeles, California in the US.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Phillips 66.
Crude distillation occurs at the Carson site, and conversion at the Wilmingtion site.
The refinery processes heavy sour crude, from domestic production supplied by pipeline, and from foreign source delivered through a third-part terminal in Long Beach.
P66 has announce plans to shut down the refinery by the end of 2025, and redevelop the land for other purposes.
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 15.1
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 147 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 82 kbpd
Coker - 53 kbpd - Delayed coker
FCC - 52 kbpd
Hydrocracker - 28 kbpd - UOP Unicracking
Reformer - 36 kbpd - Semiregen
Naphtha hydrotreater - 51 kbpd
Kerosene hydrotreater - 13 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 32 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 55 kbpd
Alkylation - 16 kbpd - Sulfuric acid
C4 Isomerization - 7 kbpd
C5/C6 Isomerization - 12.8 kbpd
Hydrogen production - 105 MMscfd
Pet coke - 17 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 370 t/d
Land - 235 acres at Carson and 424 acres at Wilmington
Employees - 875 including contractors
Refinery history
1919 - Wilmington site built by Union Oil of California
1923 - Carson site built by Shell
1983 - Union Oil changed name to Unocal
1992 - Carson site acquired by Unocal
1997 - Unocal assets acquired by Tosco
2001 - Acquired by Phillips
2002 - Conoco and Phillips merge
2003 - Distillate hydrotreater added
2012 - ConocoPhillips separates businesses and Phillips66 retains refiner
2025 - P66 has announed that it plans to close the refinery by the end of 2025