Natural Resources

Refinery Beautification

The berm or hill around the Refinery is unique to other refineries in that it is both very beautiful with all its flowers and landscaping and functional as well. It serves as a barrier against noise and if there's an incident, it can act as a barrier to spills or explosions.

El Segundo Blue Butterfly

Endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly

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The endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly has a permanent home on the Refinery's two-acre preserve, which is maintained by the Refinery and is one of the only two remaining preserves in the world. In the mid 1980s, there were only 400 of these fragile butterflies. Today, there are more than 10,000 butterflies that flourish at our preserve. The flight season for the El Segundo Blue Butterfly is usually six to eight weeks in July and August.

Noise Monitoring

The Refinery has installed a Noise Monitoring and Early Warning System that allows us to identify and work to control noise from the Refinery and reduce its impact on the community and effect on our employees' health. The system is composed of microphones and analyzers that send data to a computer for analysis. Should an alarm be triggered, our on-site, 24-hour Battalion Chief has the real-time information to act immediately to respond to and mitigate any noise issues.

Proper waste minimization and management are high priorities for the El Segundo Refinery.

Recycling

The Refinery recycles everything from laser toner cartridges to newspaper. Our current diversion rate is over 80% and ever improving. Our efforts haven't gone unnoticed: we're a frequent winner of the annual WRAP (Waste Reduction Awards Program) award from the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

Minimizing and Managing Waste

Proper waste minimization and management are high priorities for the El Segundo Refinery. Employees are always working to find better ways to reduce hazardous waste and, by following a waste management hierarchy, reduce what's generated, treat what remains, and dispose of what's left. Since 1995, the Refinery has cut the generation of hazardous waste in half.