by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe
Phillips 66 will close its refinery in Los Angeles in 2025
Phillips 66 announced Wednesday that it plans to close operations at its Los Angeles-area refinery late in 2025.
The company said in a press statement that it “will work with the state of California to supply fuel markets and meet ongoing consumer demand.”
This makes two oil companies that Governor Gavin Newsom has now chased out of California with his legislative attacks on the state’s oil and gas industry, as well as his recent legislation to decrease the state’s gas supply.
“Thanks to Gavin Newsom’s showboating and incompetence, hundreds of workers will lose their jobs while California drivers will face a massive price hike,” said Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher. “As Democrats double and triple down in their war on our energy industry, the closure of this refinery is the predictable result.
“Great work, Gavin.”
Gallagher also said Newsom’s reckless policies continue to drive up gas prices and kill jobs.
The Phillips 66 Los Angeles refinery accounts for more than 8% of California’s refining capacity and employs more than 600 workers.
