Refinery Fire Contained

From Wall Street Journal

Firefighters have contained a blaze at Chevron Corp.’s Richmond refinery in California, but the fire, which broke out Monday, is still burning.

The damage, and the likely outage of some or all of the 245,000-barrel-a-day facility, could push gasoline prices higher given that it is the largest refinery in the San Francisco Bay area, accounting for nearly 10% of the refining capacity in the U.S. West Coast region.

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