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Avon Refinery


Name: Avon Refinery
Category: Industrial
Archive ID#: CA3456
 
Description: The Golden Eagle Refinery in Martinez, also known as the Avon Refinery, is one of five refineries located around the San Francisco Bay and Delta region. Valued around $1 billion, the refinery has a processing capacity of 166,000 barrels of crude per day, making mostly automotive fuels. It was built in 1913, to process heavy crude from the southern San Joaquin Valley, to which it is connected by pipeline. It is now owned by Tesoro, of San Antonio, TX, and has previously been owned by Tosco and Ultramar Diamond Shamrock.
Location: 30 miles
(POINT(-122.06501483917 38.026255877892))
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Address: CA
Links: http://www.cchealth.org/groups/hazmat/accident_history.php
http://www.tsocorp.com/tsocorp/ProductsandServices/Refining/MartinezCaliforniaRefinery/MartinezCaliforniaRefinery
LCS: Industrial, Petrochemical Plant / Oil Refinery
   
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