Best Oil Refinery Downey Near Me

4worldlovers:
As one of the few remaining privately held refineries in California, World Oil Refining is committed to our employees, the environment, safety, and providing quality petroleum products and exceptional customer service earning the relationships of life time business partners.

Operating at 10,000 barrels per day, we receive crude oil from onshore and offshore California, the western United States, and Canada, transported by pipeline, truck and rail. Our facility processes crude oil into naphtha, gas oils, and distillates and is the largest producer of quality asphalt products in Southern California. World Oil Refining is dedicated to providing the best asphalt paving and roofing products to local contractors, government agencies, and roofing manufacturers that provide us with comfort, convenience, and reliability.

World Oil Refining offers a wide range of California graded paving , cutbacks, EBS, ground tire rubber, and polymer modified asphalts. In addition, we operate one of the largest carton roofing pouring facility in the United States. Manufacturing high quality Type 3 and Type 4 carton asphalt along with Type 3 bulk asphalt. We also produce a variety of roof coatings, windseals, and saturates used by our customers to manufacture roof shingles and other critical residential and industrial roof sealants. The naphtha, gas oil, and distillate feed stocks we produce enable refineries to upgrade motor fuels, such as gasoline and diesel.

World Oil Refining is committed to protecting our environment, our employees, and our communities. We maintain stringent Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) policies at all of our facilities. All employees and contractors must follow these policies and take any precautions necessary to protect both themselves and their colleagues. Safety is our top priority.

"For more than 75 years, we’ve supplied Southern California with premium petroleum products. Every aspect of our business is guided by our strong commitment to high ethical, environmental and safety standards. We take pride in treating every employee and customer with respect and dignity."

4worldlovers: The Southern California Distribution Complex is located in Carson, California and provides petroleum products including ethanol to serve the energy needs of Southern California.

Shell Carson Distribution Complex was originally built in 1924 as a refinery

Every day, Shell Carson moves refined products from source to market, across

The Public Awareness program is part of the our commitment of educating the public on pipeline safety

We are proud to be part of the community as we celebrate the people and organizations that make Carson a vibrant, diverse city. Shell first came to the Carson area in 1924. As we grew alongside the community, we hosted many of the official founders’ meetings at our offices in Carson. We feel privileged to be one of the city’s founding members in 1968 and wish a happy golden anniversary to the City of Carson!

4worldlovers:
Our Los Angeles refinery is in Los Angeles County, near the Los Angeles Harbor. The Los Angeles refinery is the largest refinery on the West Coast with a crude oil capacity of 363,000 barrels per calendar day (bpcd). A major producer of clean fuels, the refinery processes heavy crude from California’s San Joaquin Valley and Los Angeles Basin, as well as crudes from the Alaska North Slope, South America, West Africa and other international sources.


The Los Angeles refinery manufactures cleaner-burning California Air Resources Board (CARB) gasoline and CARB diesel fuel, as well as conventional gasoline, distillates, petroleum coke, anode-grade coke, chemical-grade propylene, fuel-grade coke, heavy fuel oil and propane. The refinery ships products via its connections to several product distribution pipelines and terminals. Its Watson cogeneration plant produces 400 megawatts and is the largest cogeneration facility in California.


At MPC, the health and safety of our employees is of paramount concern. We take steps to ensure an accident-free, incident-free workplace no matter where it is. Due to that commitment, we've implemented safety measures and been recognized as a leader in safety.

At the same time, we are committed to minimizing our impact on the environment. As such, we are involved in multiple programs, support several organizations and implement various initiatives that aim to protect our environment and the local communities in which we operate.

Below is a list of accolades and accomplishments that we've earned at our Los Angeles refinery.

Maintains an environmental management system (EMS) to ensure that the facility meets all environmental permit limits and regulatory obligations consistently

Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 70,000 metric tonnes through the Los Angeles Integration and Compliance Project in 2018

Working collaboratively with local air agency to install a fence line air monitoring system that provides real time information about air pollutants by 2020

Funded three community air monitoring stations that will be installed in Carson and Wilmington in 2019

Received the 2018 and 2017 Safety Achievement Award from American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

Received the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for an office building in the City of Carson

At Marathon Petroleum, we know that community is important. It's why we do what we do every day. So, aside from fueling the Los Angeles area, we also make it a priority to be actively involved in efforts that have a positive impact on the community. Listed below are some of the ways that we do just that.

Invested $4.8 million in charitable giving to non-profit organizations across Southern California in 2018

Provided $175,000 grant to fund the Aquarium of the Pacific “Aquarium on Wheels”

Provided five-year, $400,000 grant to the American Red Cross of Long Beach and Rio Hondo Chapter to purchase a new bloodmobile vehicle to service Los Angeles County

Provided $150,000 grant to AltaSea to support ocean-focused science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teacher training

4worldlovers: Valero donated $100,000 to EXP, the Opportunity Engine, which helps prepare students for future careers.

Provided $125,000 in 2021 to the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium to support its STEM education programming.

In 2021, Valero hosted its Surf for Charity event, which raised nearly $30,000 for veterans.

Employees logged more than 6,200 volunteer hours in 2019 with organizations in Wilmington and surrounding communities.

Valero volunteers completed two giant murals as part of a beautification project at a neighboring school, Hawaiian Avenue Elementary.

Valero worked with ESP Education and Leadership Institute in supporting its “BOSS” program, which provides year-round programming that includes academic coaching, mentoring, real-world experiences and opportunities for advocacy.

2021 Elite Silver Award to Wilmington Asphalt Plant for performance in the top 10 percentile of industry safety.