bp Cherry Point has finished turnaround, a several-month operation to clean and improve the safety of the Ferndale facility. The crude and coker events brought over 2,800 contractors to the area.
Turnaround, which concluded Friday, June 13, made various improvements, including installing new remotely controlled valves in the coker unit, according to a bp news release. The refinery operated at partial capacity while the coker unit was under work.
Cherry Point is the largest oil refinery in Washington state and is the largest supplier of jet fuel to the Seattle and Portland international airports.
