KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm July 13, 2024
Crisis. I think its a good thing for us, you know, this quarantine, all of us not working. Reporter but its not good for marathon petroleum, as it announced its shutting down its massive martinez refinery, a process that takes about a week. The company said its grant to shut down on sunday because of a 60 drop in demand for gasoline brought on by the coronavirus, and californias shelter in place order. This is are a really unprecedented event that the refineries, i think, are scrambling to respond to. Reporter uc burke berkeley studies the industry and called marathon a major producer. It can ...