TORC’s Barbara Graham Receives Chamber Award
Helps Refinery Continue to Positively Impact Our Community At the annual Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC/Chamber) Installation and Impact Awards Celebration held in June, [...]
Refinery’s Leak and Detection Group Helps Torrance Achieve a Grade A Report
The Torrance Refinery is committed to safely and reliably operating our facilities in an environmentally responsible manner. One of the ways we accomplish this is [...]
Employee Profile – Get to Know Taylor Kang Obico
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Torrance Refining Company LLC (TORC) salutes the women (past and present) who have contributed to the improvement, development [...]
California Gas Prices Explained
California drivers usually pay the highest price per gallon of any state in the country except Hawaii, to fill up their gas tanks. Many [...]
Math + Music = Harmony
Alexis Oyetibo, Jessica Demeyer, and Heather Shohet walk into work at the Torrance Refinery every day and read multiple reports, fill in spreadsheets and [...]
Stay Prepared. Prepare to Protect.
Emergencies and natural disasters can strike at any time as we saw with the recent Carson earthquake, so being prepared is important. As a reminder, [...]
Shaping our Future Workforce … One Person at a Time
Torrance Refinery (Refinery) is inspiring the next generation of engineers. This summer, college student and Torrance resident Hana Escovar was hired to work on [...]
Where’s Becky?
Her coworkers across the plant have been asking, “where’s Becky?” as they realized the absence of Process Engineer Becky Jensen (Becky) since the COVID-19 [...]
A Message from Refinery Manager Steve Steach: 2021 Recap and Looking Ahead
Dear Friends and Neighbors: As we began this new year, like many other businesses, we customarily reflected upon the previous year’s performance and evaluated [...]
New Installation Will Reduce NOx Emissions
The Refinery's newly installed Selective Catalytic Reducer (SCR) which reduces NOx emissions. Have you ever wondered what it [...]