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of Los Angeles, which processes nearly 275,000 barrels of crude oil a day.
Nearby residents were urged to close windows and stay inside. Streets were brie y closed, but no
evacuations were ordered and no injuries were reported.
Crews using re ghting foam kept the blaze from spreading to storage tanks. Within a half-hour, few
ames were visible.
The re did not burn near any of the facility’s main processing units and was con ned to a distribution
manifold along the facility’s southwestern perimeter, Chevron spokesman Braden Reddall said in a state- ment. The cause was under investigation, he said.
“At this point, Chevron does not expect this incident to have an impact on its ability to supply petroleum products to its customers in the region,” the statement said.
Petroleum industry analyst Patrick DeHaan said initial information indicates the re was unlikely to af- fect gas prices.
DeHaan, a senior analyst with GasBuddy, said the El Segundo facility was not running at full capacity at the time of the re because it had shuttered most operations for semi-annual preventative maintenance. Chevron was ned nearly $1 million by the state of California for a major re in 2012 at a re nery in
the San Francisco Bay Area.
The El Segundo re nery supplies 40 percent of the jet fuel used at nearby Los Angeles International
Airport and has 20 percent of the market for gasoline in Southern California, according the company’s website.
Daily production includes 110,000 barrels of gasoline and 100,000 barrels of jet and diesel fuels. Other products include fuel oils, coke and lique ed petroleum gas.
About 1,100 Chevron employees and 300 contract employees work at the re nery.
The facility dates to 1911 and was the second re nery built in California by Chevron predecessor Stan- dard Oil Co.
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Associated Press writers John Antczak and Andrew Dalton contributed to this report.
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This story has been corrected to show that the facility processes 275,000 barrels, not gallons, per day.
Minnesota lawmakers seek more federal money for wolf control
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal program that helps Minnesota farmers and ranchers who lose livestock to wolves has run out of money for the year.
So members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation Wednesday urged U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to nd the money to allow wolf depredation services to continue. They cite Minnesota’s growing wolf population, which rose to an estimated 2,900 last winter, an increase of 25 percent in one year.
Signing the letter were Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar, and Reps. Collin Peterson, Rick Nolan, Tom Emmer and Tim Walz.
The program provides trapping and other help for farmers and ranchers facing problem wolves, which remain on the endangered list.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture this week made $120,000 in grants available to help producers prevent wolf attacks by nonlethal means.
Minnesota residents concerned tribe will use land for casino
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Native American tribe has asked that a large swath of land in eastern Min- nesota be placed into a federal trust, saying the land will likely be used for housing. But some nearby residents fear it could eventually become a casino.
Prairie Island Indian Community leaders told the St. Paul Pioneer Press there are no speci c plans for