El Segundo Chevron continues to meet fuel demand despite fire
by Kevin Cody, Mark McDermott The cause of the El Segundo Chevron refinery fire that began with an explosion that frightened neighbors in Manhattan Beach, and El Segundo, and lit up the South Bay sky last Thursday evening, October 2, has not been determined. But “Chevron does not have any indication that the fire was a result of terrorist activity,” Chevron Corporate Affairs Manager Jeff Wilson said Tuesday, October 7. “The investigation is still in its early stages and close-up inspections of the equipment cannot occur until the area where the incident occurred is deemed safe,” he said. Chevron, El Segundo and Manhattan Beach firefighters worked through the night on Thursday and into Friday morning. The fire was fully extinguished Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. The fire occurred in the southeast corner of the refinery, bordering Manhattan Beach, at the ISOMAX process unit, which produces jet fuel. Flames could also be seen rising from a second refinery location. Those flames were safety flares Chevron workers used to depressurize the ISOMAX process unit, Wilson explained. The El Segundo refinery produces 40 percent of the jet fuel used in Southern California, and 20 percent of the…
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