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Doug Burgum: “California used to have 40 refineries; now it has eight.”

Featuring: Doug Burgum, Republican | U.S. Secretary of the Interior | National

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Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum speaks at CERAWeek in Houston — 3/25/2026

Published | Video Starts at 18:37

But, you know, this is to the state that has more internal combustion machines than any other state, even has vehicles. They're creating an energy crisis of their own. They California used to have 40 refineries; now it has eight. 36. There's the new one, the America first refinery being built. $300 billion project here in Texas. California's got eight refineries. Two of them, Chevron and Valero, announced they're shutting down because of regulation. (18:37–18:40)

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Asserts that the number of refineries in California has decreased from 40 to eight.

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