Chevron Richmond Refinery
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The Chevron Richmond Refinery is a major oil refining complex in Richmond, California, known for its large-scale petroleum processing operations and significant economic and environmental impact on the region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chevron Richmond Refinery canonical | 5 |
| Standard Oil Richmond Refinery | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2168728 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chevron Richmond Refinery Context triple: [Richmond, California, knownFor, Chevron Richmond Refinery]
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A.
Columbia Aquila refinery
The Columbia Aquila refinery was a major oil processing facility in Ploiești, Romania, that became a key strategic bombing objective for the Allies during World War II.
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B.
Houston petrochemical complex
The Houston petrochemical complex is one of the world’s largest concentrations of oil refining and chemical manufacturing facilities, forming a major hub of the U.S. energy and chemical industries.
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C.
Sulphur Works
Sulphur Works is a hydrothermal area in Lassen Volcanic National Park known for its boiling mud pots, steam vents, and strong sulfurous fumes.
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D.
Salem Nuclear Power Plant
Salem Nuclear Power Plant is a commercial nuclear power station in Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey, that generates electricity using pressurized water reactors along the Delaware River.
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E.
Humboldt Bay Power Plant
Humboldt Bay Power Plant is a decommissioned power-generating facility in Northern California that formerly included both nuclear and fossil-fuel units serving the surrounding region’s electricity needs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chevron Richmond Refinery Target entity description: The Chevron Richmond Refinery is a major oil refining complex in Richmond, California, known for its large-scale petroleum processing operations and significant economic and environmental impact on the region.
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A.
Columbia Aquila refinery
The Columbia Aquila refinery was a major oil processing facility in Ploiești, Romania, that became a key strategic bombing objective for the Allies during World War II.
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B.
Houston petrochemical complex
The Houston petrochemical complex is one of the world’s largest concentrations of oil refining and chemical manufacturing facilities, forming a major hub of the U.S. energy and chemical industries.
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C.
Sulphur Works
Sulphur Works is a hydrothermal area in Lassen Volcanic National Park known for its boiling mud pots, steam vents, and strong sulfurous fumes.
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D.
Salem Nuclear Power Plant
Salem Nuclear Power Plant is a commercial nuclear power station in Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey, that generates electricity using pressurized water reactors along the Delaware River.
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E.
Humboldt Bay Power Plant
Humboldt Bay Power Plant is a decommissioned power-generating facility in Northern California that formerly included both nuclear and fossil-fuel units serving the surrounding region’s electricity needs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial facility
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oil refinery ⓘ petroleum refinery ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Point Richmond
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San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| connectedBy | pipelines ⓘ |
| constructedBy |
Standard Oil of California
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Oil Company of California
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| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| county | Contra Costa County ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
major employer in Richmond
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significant contributor to local tax base ⓘ |
| employs | thousands of workers ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact |
criteria air pollutant emissions
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greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ odor and particulate complaints from residents ⓘ |
| formerName |
Chevron Richmond Refinery
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Standard Oil Richmond Refinery
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| hasFacility |
flare systems
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marine oil terminal ⓘ storage tanks ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
catalytic cracking
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crude oil distillation ⓘ hydrocracking ⓘ hydrotreating ⓘ reforming ⓘ |
| inception | early 20th century ⓘ |
| industry | petroleum refining industry ⓘ |
| locatedIn | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| location | Richmond, California ⓘ |
| near | Richmond residential neighborhoods ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
2012 fire and explosion incident
ⓘ
multiple historical accidents and flaring events ⓘ |
| operator | Chevron Corporation ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Chevron Corporation ⓘ |
| primaryProduct |
diesel fuel
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gasoline ⓘ jet fuel ⓘ liquefied petroleum gas ⓘ lubricants ⓘ petrochemical feedstocks ⓘ |
| regulator |
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
ⓘ
California Air Resources Board ⓘ United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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| startDate | 1902 ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| subjectOf |
air pollution concerns
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community benefit agreements and negotiations ⓘ community health impact studies ⓘ environmental justice debates ⓘ local and state regulatory enforcement actions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Chevron Richmond Refinery Description of subject: The Chevron Richmond Refinery is a major oil refining complex in Richmond, California, known for its large-scale petroleum processing operations and significant economic and environmental impact on the region.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Standard Oil Richmond Refinery