In the eight months since hundreds of gallons of fuel from Chevron’s Richmond oil refinery spilled into the bay, local air regulators and the state’s workplace safety agency have issued a handful of violation notices against the oil giant.
But neither Chevron nor the agencies investigating the Feb. 9 incident has provided details about exactly what caused a pipeline on the refinery’s wharf to spill as many as 750 gallons of low-sulfur diesel fuel, creating a sheen that spread for several miles across the bay.
8 Months After Chevron Oil Refinery Spill, Few Answers Surface About Cause