Also known as:
The Bakersfield refinery is a very small, simple refinery in California, in the US
It is owned and operated by Kern Oil
Complexity: 3.4
Atmospheric distillation - 27 kbpd
Reformer - 6 kbpd - Two units: 3kbpd Semiregen, 3 kbpd Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 5 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 9 kbpd
Sulfur plant - 11 t/d
1934 - Refinery commissioned by El Tejon Oil and Refining
1943 - Company acquired by Kreiger Oil
1945 - Name changed to Douglas Oil
1962 - Refinery acquired by Continental Oil from Douglas
1966 - Edgington Oil and Signal Oil acquire the refinery and change name to Kern County Refinery
1971 - Company acquired by Charter Oil
1976 - Company taken private
1982 - Company renamed Kern Oil
1993 - Diesel hydrotreater and sulfur plant added
1996 - Refinery upgraded to make reformulated gasoline
2002 - Cogen added
2006 - SRU and hydrogen plant added, and hydroprocessing expanded to make ULSD