Valero acquired the Benicia Refinery in 2000. Built as a grass-roots project in 1968, this plant has undergone significant modifications and upgrades to become what it is today one of the most complex refineries in the United States. Approximately 70 percent of the refinery’s product slate is CARB gasoline, California’s clean-burning fuel. The refinery also has significant asphalt production capabilities and produces 35 percent of the asphalt supply in northern California. Currently, the refinery processes domestic crude from the San Joaquin Valley in California and the Alaska North Slope, along with foreign sour crudes.
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“Approximately 70 percent of the refinery’s product slate is CARB gasoline, California’s clean-burning fuel.”
Yeah, that’s the stuff that used to have a $hitload of MTBE in it and now has so much ethanol that you can probably get high running your chainsaw. And speaking of chainsaws, this crap is so bad on two-cycle stuff, that JP is now making 94 octane “small engine fuel” that has no alcohol in it. You can leave it in your tools for a year and it’s still good. Only problem is that it costs $6.99 a QUART! But at least you don’t have to rebuild a tool before you use it if it’s been sitting for awhile. Alcohol is a decent fuel, but it’s corrosive as all get out, particularly on aluminum. That’s why racers who run alcohol as a fuel, have to purge their engines with gasoline at the end of the day.
And it’s always a “good idea” to burn your food instead of eating it.