The facility is currently processing vacuum gas oil produced by the company’s other California refineries, producing on-spec product.
Alon president and CEO Paul Eisman said the operation of the hydrocracker is the final step in the integration of the Bakersfield refinery with Alon’s other California refineries.
"The addition of the hydrocracker to our California refineries should result in significant improvement to our refining margins for those facilities," Eisman said.
Alon is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products, operating primarily in the south central, southwestern and western regions of the US.
