| 1932 |
Plant opened as Mohawk Refinery producing 1,500 barrels per day (BPD) |
| 1935 |
Cracker unit added increasing production to 9,000 BPD |
| 1942-45 |
Plant operated jointly with adjacent refinery to produce military fuel from heavy valley crude for war effort. |
| 1970 |
Mohawk Refinery acquired by Reserve Oil and Gas Co. Refinery had been producing approximately 40,000 BPD. |
| 1980 |
Reserve Oil and Gas acquired by Getty Oil Company, expanding facilities including high-tech truck loading facility. Plant was producing about 45,000 BPD. |
| 1984 |
Getty Oil Company assets acquired by Texaco, Inc. including Bakersfield facility which becomes the Texaco Bakersfield Plant; Texaco initiates heavy crude expansion project. |
| 1986 |
Texaco purchases Tosco Refinery; integrates facilities, doubling output of gasoline production. |
| 1987 |
Independent Valley Energy Company acquired; integrating delayed coker and sulfur recovery unit into Bakersfield Plant; setting stage for significant increases in refining capacity. |
| 1998 |
Bakersfield Plant becomes part of the Shell/Texaco Refining and Marketing merger that created Equilon Enterprises, LLC. |
| 2000 |
Shell Oil purchases Texaco, Inc. interest; becomes sole owner. |
| 2005 |
Flying J Inc. purchases refinery from Shell Oil. Refinery producing about 68,000 BPD. |
| 2010 |
Big West of California, LLC plans start of its Clean Fuels Project. |