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The Texas Company produced the second, large-scale refinery in Anacortes, WA, in 1957, two years after the opening of Shell Oil Company's Puget Sound Refinery #1. It had a slightly larger capacity than the Shell facility, and was located nearby to the Allied Chemical Company's Northwest Petro-Chemical Refinery on March Point. Taken together, the three plants comprised an enormous and economically-significant refining center on Puget Sound. The companies located here in part because the area had fine deep-water ports, suitable for the docking of oil tanker ships.

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This refinery has reported two precautionary shut-downs and one issue of an odor problem experienced by neighbors during 2015 and 2016. The company reported that on 02/20-21/2015, "On Friday afternoon, we received some odor complaints at the Puget Sound Refinery as the result of planned maintenance on one of our facility’s flare systems. Refinery personnel responded to find and correct the source of the odor, and this maintenance activity was suspended." (See Shell United States, "Update on Friday's Odor Issue," accessed 12/01/2016.) It noted later on 02/24/2015, "Shell Puget Sound Refinery resolved to make sure an odor issue like this does not happen again." (See Shell United States, "Further Update on Friday's Odor Issue," accessed 12/01/2016.)

On 07/24/2015, the company stated: "Friday morning around 11:00am the Shell Puget Sound Refinery experienced an operational disruption on-site. No injuries reported." (See Shell United States, "Operational Issue at Puget Sound Refinery," accessed 12/01/2016.)

On 09/07/2016, Shell reported the following incident at its Puget Sound Refinery: "Around 10:30am on Wednesday September 7^th, the on-site process sewer system at the Shell Puget Sound Refinery experienced a process upset. As a precaution, non-essential refinery personnel were evacuated while the issue was being addressed. There were no injuries and there was no off-site impact." (See Shell United States, "Refinery Issue Stabilized," accessed 12/01/2016.)

PCAD id: 15552