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

Location

1520 E Sepulveda Blvd, Carson, CA 90745 USA

Los Angeles refinery website

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