San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc.
San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc. · Independent / privately held (no parent company identified in sources reviewed) · Bakersfield, CA
- bpd crude capacity · EIA 2026
- 15,000
- pipelines it injects into
- 0
- delivery points reachable
- 0
- terminals on those points
- 0
- events on record
- 3
Capability
Crude distillation 15,000 bpd operable, 15,000 operating (EIA-820, as of 2026-01-01). Downstream units below, barrels per calendar day.
Conversion — makes gasoline and diesel from heavier oil
| Visbreaking | 5,000 sd |
Upgrading
| Vacuum distillation | 14,300 sd |
Treating — meets sulfur specs
| Hydrotreating — heavy gas oil | 1,800 sd |
| Hydrotreating — other distillate | 3,600 sd |
Production capacity
Crude slate
San Joaquin Valley Heavy Naphthenic crude oil exclusively (a distinct heavy, naphthenic-base crude found in Kern County), not a general fuels-refinery slate.
Crude in & products out
| Direction | Mode | Route | Point / origin | Products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| products out | marine | Port of Los Angeles (transshipment) The company states its distribution network 'ships products both nationally and worldwide ... through the Port of Los Angeles.' The plant is inland and has no dock. How product reaches the port and which terminal handles it is not stated. |
lubricants asphalt | source | |
| products out | truck rack | San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc. truck rack (IRS terminal T-77-CA-4664) The refinery itself is IRS terminal T-77-CA-4664. The air district permits truck loading racks #1, #2, #3 and #5, racks 6, 7 and 13 with a vapor combustor, asphalt truck loading rack #4 with loading arms #10 and #11, and a naphtha truck loading operation. The company runs a truck order desk. Rack 13 also loads kerosene and mineral spirits. |
3542 Shell St., Bakersfield, CA 93308 | asphalt lubricants distillate naphtha | source |
| products out | rail | San Joaquin Refining railcar loadout The air district permit includes a railcar loadout unit (S-36-103-4), limited to liquids with a true vapor pressure under 1.5 psia. The company has a rail department and a railcar order desk. The permit does not name the products loaded, and the serving railroad is not named. |
source |
Pipeline reach
No tariff origin point is linked to this refinery yet.
Substitutes
No other refinery shares a tariff system with this one in our data.
Events
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2023-11
turnaround
Base-oil refinery maintenance reported. source
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2023-01
turnaround
New vacuum distillation tower installed, with an associated ~4-week outage. source
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2020-02-20
expansion
The San Joaquin Valley air district issued an Authority to Construct (S-36-120-0) for a 714,000 gallon crude oil storage tank. The company's air monitoring plan describes three new 17,000 barrel tanks for San Joaquin heavy crude on the southern property line. source
Rates are pipeline line-haul transcribed from published FERC tariffs; every figure cites its tariff and item. Cost to serve (netback) adds origin spot price and destination fees. "Confirmed" links match a tariff delivery point to the facility; "same city" means the point is in the facility's city — plausible, not proof; "per research" means the facility's research profile names the pipeline as an outlet.