Fuel Starved California is Getting Gas from the Bahamas | Refineries, Pipelines & the Jones Act

 

 

 California is sourcing 40 percent of its gasoline from the Bahamas due to a combination of disappearing oil refineries, lack of storage facilities and interstate pipelines, and a loophole in a 106-year-old maritime law, known as the Jones Act.

 

Gasoline Starved California Is Turning To Fuel From the Bahamas https://gcaptain.com/gasoline-starved... 

Petroleum & Other Liquids https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/ 

Weekly Petroleum Status Report https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/... 

Number and Capacity of Petroleum Refineries https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_... 

California's Oil Refineries https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-report... 

Governor Newsom’s statement on Valero’s Benicia refinery update https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/01/06/gov... 

California law and refinery closure reflect ongoing challenges for the state’s fuel market https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det... 

California https://www.eia.gov/states/CA/overview 

Petroleum Products Pipelines https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/fedma... 

Kinder Morgan Pacific Operations https://www.kindermorgan.com/Operatio... 

 

 

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