California Independent Petroleum Association

Valero Shut Down Benicia Refinery Jan 31st – CA Gas Prices Already Climbing

February 3, 2026 3:50 pmFebruary 3, 2026 3:51 pm

The Valero oil refinery in Benicia, CA is shut down. Mike Ariza, former Valero manager and oil and gas expert, told the Globe Tuesday that they started shutting down January 31st, and thermal imaging reports that the refinery is cold....

California’s Higher Gas Prices Are a Policy Choice, Not an Accident

January 7, 2026 2:55 amJanuary 7, 2026 8:29 am

Before the end of the year, the California Independent Petroleum Association sent a blunt message to the California Energy Commission: California’s oil industry is approaching a breaking point, and state inaction risks higher gas prices, supply disruptions, and deeper economic...

Podcast: Has California’s Oil and Gas Industry Hit the Point of No Return?

December 9, 2025 2:58 amDecember 9, 2025 2:59 am

Following my article “Has California’s Oil and Gas Industry Hit the Point of No Return?” where we lay out how Gov. Newsom is single handedly sending California into energy poverty, rather than economic and energy prosperity, Stuart Turley, President of...

New Report Warns Consequences of an Oil Pipeline Shutdown Would ‘Cascade Across the State’

December 2, 2025 2:55 amDecember 4, 2025 10:58 am

“Has California’s Oil And Gas Industry Hit The Point Of No Return?” the California Globe asked Monday, after learning from a long time oil and gas expert that the state may actually have crossed a line too far to claw...

Has California’s Oil and Gas Industry Hit the Point of No Return?

December 1, 2025 3:00 amDecember 2, 2025 6:29 am

Most California residents recognize that California’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices are self-inflected, as is the gasoline crisis in the state. This has subsequently increased dependency on foreign oil suppliers and shippers to supply fuels, and as we reported recently, this poses...

Gov. Newsom Claims He ‘Stabilized’ California’s Highest-in-the-Nation Gas Prices

September 23, 2025 11:31 amSeptember 23, 2025 11:39 am

AAA reports today that the national average gas price is $3.17 per gallon. California’s average gas price per gallon is $4.65 – once again, the highest gas price per gallon in the nation. The high gas costs in California is...

Californians Choosing Between Gas or Groceries, Utility Bills or Rent

August 11, 2025 7:53 amAugust 12, 2025 6:26 am

How is it possible that in California, hard-working families must choose between gas or groceries, utility bills or rent? The average cost for a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. today is $3.138. California’s cost for that same gallon...