PBF’s Torrance Refinery Reports Multiple Weekend Flares

MIAMI, FL (DTN) — PBF Energy reported an ongoing emergency flaring at its 166,000 bpd Torrance, California refinery that began Monday (1/20) at 12:05 a.m. PT, according to a filing with the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
The filing did not provide an estimated end time for the flaring event and cited the incident as “emergency flaring.”
The most recent event follows another emergency flaring incident at the Torrance refinery that began Sunday (1/19) at 3:22 a.m. PT, according to a separate South Coast AQMD filing. That event also did not list a stop time.
An additional flaring incident was reported earlier in the weekend, beginning Saturday (1/16) at 12:00 a.m. PT. That event, however, was attributed to a mechanical/electrical malfunction, the filing said.
The emergency flaring events occurred alongside ongoing planned flaring at the Torrance facility that began January 8 at 8:29 a.m. PT and is estimated to continue through Sunday, January 18, at 11:59 p.m., according to a prior South Coast AQMD filing. That planned flaring was attributed to a “startup/shutdown.”