PBF's Torrance Refinery Reports Second Flare Event in 2026


   
Kristina Davis
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   MIAMI, FL (DTN) -- PBF Energy reported emergency flaring at its 166,000 bpd 
Torrance, California refinery that began Thursday (1/15), at 7:05 a.m. PT, 
according to a filing with the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
The filing did not provide an estimated end time for the flaring event. The 
incident was reported as "emergency flaring."
The emergency flaring event follows ongoing planned flaring at the Torrance 
facility that began January 8 at 8:29 a.m. PT and is estimated to continue 
through Sunday, January 18, at 11:59 p.m., according to a separate South Coast 
AQMD filing. That flaring was attributed to a "startup/shutdown," the filing 
said.
Together, the January 8 planned flaring and the January 15 emergency event 
represent the first two flaring incidents reported at the Torrance refinery so 
far this year, according to South Coast AQMD data.




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