The refinery is supplied by crude oil produced in the San Joaquin Valley
Products Produced
Regular Gasoline, Premium Gasoline, Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD), Petroleum Coke, Anhydrous Ammonia, Sulfur, Mixed Butanes, Pentanes, Isobutane, Propane, Raw Gas Oil, Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Ongoing Projects
The Clean Fuel Project which was to increase capacity of high quality automotive fuels, is now unlikely to go ahead
Other Information
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History
1932 - Plant opened as Mohawk Refinery producing 1,500 barrels per day (BPD)
1935 - Cracker unit added increasing production to 9,000 BPD
1942-45 - Plant operated jointly with adjacent refinery to produce military fuel from heavy valley crude for war effort.
1970 - Mohawk Refinery acquired by Reserve Oil and Gas Co. Refinery had been producing approximately 40,000 BPD.
1980 - Reserve Oil and Gas acquired by Getty Oil Company, expanding facilities including high-tech truck loading facility. Plant was producing about 45,000 BPD.
1984 - Getty Oil Company assets acquired by Texaco, Inc. including Bakersfield facility which becomes the Texaco Bakersfield Plant; Texaco initiates heavy crude expansion project.
1987 - Independent Valley Energy Company acquired; integrating delayed coker and sulfur recovery unit into Bakersfield Plant; setting stage for significant increases in refining capacity.
1998 - Bakersfield Plant becomes part of the Shell/Texaco Refining and Marketing merger that created Equilon Enterprises, LLC.
2000 - Shell Oil purchases Texaco, Inc. interest; becomes sole owner.
2005 - Flying J Inc. purchases refinery from Shell Oil. Refinery producing about 68,000 BPD.
2010 - Big West of California, LLC plans start of its Clean Fuels Project.
