# San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc.

San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc., Bakersfield, CA. 15,000 bpd crude capacity (EIA-820). Crude supply, outlets, events.

- Location: Bakersfield, CA
- Status: active
- Crude capacity: 15,000 bpd (EIA-820)
- Operator: San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc.
- Parent: Independent / privately held (no parent company identified in sources reviewed)

## Crude supply
- pipeline: Local/unnamed San Joaquin Valley crude gathering lines — SJR exclusively processes San Joaquin Valley heavy naphthenic crude oil sourced from Kern County fields. No named trunk crude pipeline (e.g. a major interstate system) was identified -- supply is most likely via local field gathering lines given the refinery's small scale and specialty heavy-naphthenic feedstock. Not confirmed as pipeline vs. truck in sources reviewed.

## Product outlets
- marine: Port of Los Angeles (transshipment) — Company states its distribution network 'ships products both nationally and worldwide ... through the Port of Los Angeles.' The inland transport mode to the port (rail vs. truck) was not specified in sources reviewed.
- truck_rack: San Joaquin Refining truck rack (Bakersfield) — Inferred typical for a Bakersfield specialty refinery selling regionally (asphalt/paving, road-oil customers); not separately documented in sources reviewed.

## Recent events
- 2023-11 — Base-oil refinery maintenance reported.
- 2023-01 — New vacuum distillation tower installed, with an associated ~4-week outage.

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Source: Thinking On Energy Supply Explorer — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/refinery/san-joaquin-refining-co-inc-bakersfield-ca/
Built from published FERC pipeline tariffs, EIA-820, the IRS Terminal Control Number list and sourced research. Rates are line-haul only. Cite as: Thinking On Energy, Supply Explorer, 2026-09-29.