Former Premcor Refinery
Blue Island, Illinois
The Premcor refinery site occupies nearly 156 acres flanking the southwestern
edge of Blue Island. Premcor-owned parcels are within an area bounded to
the north and east by 127th St. and a northwest/ southeast railroad line,
to the south by the Calumet Sag Channel and to the west by an industrial
area. Formerly known as the Clark-Blue Island Refinery, refining operations
began at the site with the Great Lakes Refinery in the mid-1920s and continued
until Premcor decided to close the refinery in 2001.
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