Refinery

Chalmette Refinery

PBF Energy ·Chalmette, US ·NYSE:PBF ·v1.1

A 190,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Chalmette, US, operated by PBF Energy. Nelson Complexity 9.

Record

Rated capacity
190,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Nelson Complexity Index
9
Status
Operating
Operator
PBF Energy
Parent
PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE:PBF)
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/pbf-energy
Coordinates
29.9500, -89.9700

What coverage reports

105 days since one was reported

Chalmette explosion: Panic as huge blast rocks PBF Energy refinery in Louisiana
2026-05-08 · 2 publishers filed it

1 reported in 12 months

incident 1

2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption

These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.

Wire

20 records18 Jun 2015 to 8 May 2026General 14 · Incident 4 · Policy 1 · Expansion 1
  1. Incident Critical
    Chalmette explosion: Panic as huge blast rocks PBF Energy refinery in Louisiana
    AOL.com · matched chalmette
  2. Incident High
    PBF's Chalmette, Louisiana refinery reports fire on Friday
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched chalmette
  3. General Low
    Chalmette Refining appoints Ingram as new refinery manager
    10/12 Industry Report · matched chalmette
  4. General Low
    Chalmette Refining Announces New Refinery Manager
    Biz New Orleans · matched chalmette
  5. General Low
    1913: Domino Sugar Refinery Chalmette
    New Orleans Magazine · matched chalmette
  6. Incident High
    A fire breaks out at the PBF oil refinery in Chalmette
    fox8live.com · matched chalmette
  7. General Low
    PBF Energy Chalmette Refinery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    NS Energy · matched chalmette
  8. General Low
    Chalmette refinery says big tax break needed; without it, future of plant and 500+ employees at risk
    NOLA.com · matched chalmette
  9. General Low
    'Nuisance odors' reported following Chalmette refinery loss of power, official says
    WDSU · matched chalmette
  10. General Low
    'Nuisance odors' from Chalmette refinery flares reach multiple parishes on both sides of the Mississippi
    WWLTV.com · matched chalmette
  11. General Low
    Chalmette oil refinery is nation's eighth-highest emitter of carcinogen: report
    WWLTV.com · matched chalmette
  12. General Low
    Chalmette Refining Releases Excessive Levels Of Cancer-Causing Gas, Report Says
    WWNO · matched chalmette
  13. General Low
    Among U.S. refineries, Chalmette Refining is No. 8 emitter of carcinogen: report
    NOLA.com · matched chalmette
  14. Policy Low
    Chalmette Refinery named by EPA in top 10 for Benzene emmissions
    fox8live.com · matched chalmette
  15. Incident High
    Dramatic Chalmette Refinery flaring was result of accident, not routine, state says
    NOLA.com · matched chalmette
  16. General Low
    Massive flare at Chalmette refinery an 'unplanned event' that let out 'awful' smell
    NOLA.com · matched chalmette
  17. General Low
    Video: Flare at Chalmette Refinery seen from across river
    wwltv.com · matched chalmette
  18. General Low
    White Named Assistant Refinery Manager Of The Domino Sugar Chalmette Refinery
    bizneworleans.com · matched chalmette
  19. General Low
    PBF Energy to buy Chalmette refinery from Exxon, PDVSA
    Reuters · matched chalmette
  20. Expansion Low
    ExxonMobil Sells Share of Chalmette Refining, LLC in Louisiana
    Exxon Mobil Corporation | ExxonMobil · matched chalmette

Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.