For the week ended Friday, CARB RFG output rose to 4.459 million barrels from 3.835 million, while inventories edged up to 4.686 million barrels.
Gasoline blending component stocks increased to 3.949 million barrels, but jet fuel production slipped to 2.255 million barrels and diesel production fell to 664,000 barrels.
Jet stocks were nearly flat at 2.988 million barrels and diesel stocks at 1.413 million; both fuels remained mixed versus year-earlier levels as PBF Energy's Martinez refinery reported an extinguished pump fire.
With refinery capacity shrinking, can California prevent a fuel crisis without relying on controversial foreign oil imports?
Are California's strict fuel regulations pushing its isolated energy market toward an unavoidable breaking point?