New oil refinery on the West Coast?

Cody Olsen Jun 16, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>New oil refinery on the West Coast?</h1>
                <h2><p>Riverside Energy Inc. is looking at a variety of locations in Washington and Oregon for a site to put a crude oil refinery. KUOW reports that it would be the first such refinery on the West Coast in 25 years. The plans were brought to light by Columbia Riverkeeper, an</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/codyolsen0-gmail-com/">Cody Olsen</a></p> 
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            <p>Riverside Energy Inc. is looking at a variety of locations in Washington and Oregon for a site to put a crude oil refinery. <a href="http://kuow.org/post/oil-refinery-could-be-built-longview-or-elsewhere-northwest?ref=cascadepbs.org">KUOW reports</a> that it would be the first such refinery on the West Coast in 25 years. The plans were brought to light by <a href="http://columbiariverkeeper.org/about-us/?ref=cascadepbs.org">Columbia Riverkeeper</a>, an environmental group, which made a public records request. They discovered an unsigned agreement between Riverside Energy Inc. and the Port of Longview in July 2014.</p><p>The energy company predicts the proposed job would employ 400 construction workers, and 150 permanent employees once everything is up and running.</p>
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Riverside Energy Inc. is looking at a variety of locations in Washington and Oregon for a site to put a crude oil refinery. KUOW reports that it would be the first such refinery on the West Coast in 25 years. The plans were brought to light by Columbia Riverkeeper, an environmental group, which made a public records request. They discovered an unsigned agreement between Riverside Energy Inc. and the Port of Longview in July 2014.

The energy company predicts the proposed job would employ 400 construction workers, and 150 permanent employees once everything is up and running.