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Chevron, which operates the 269,000 barrel-per-day refinery, was not immediately available for comment.
The report did not specify any further details.
The incident comes at a time when California gasoline prices are approaching $1 a gallon on top of December NYMEX RBOB futures amid planned work at Marathon’s 363,000 bpd Los Angeles Refinery and a power blip at Valero’s 145,000-bpd San Francisco plant.
California fuel markets are known for rapidly moving price increases as they are reliant on production from West Coast refineries and imports from Asia.
