David Blackmon's Energy Additions

David Blackmon's Energy Additions

Ronald Stein: California is running out of refineries – and running out of time

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David Blackmon
Aug 25, 2026
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Allowing foreign-flagged tankers to move transportation fuel from the U.S. Gulf Coast to West Coast Ports is only a band aid for California’s humongous demands for transportation fuels

With no pipelines crossing the Sierra Nevada, California is an energy island, separated from the crude oil supplies and refinery infrastructure of the other continental st…

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