Ukraine targets critical oil infrastructure, a severe blow to Russia’s military and economy

• Californias 15 refineries support the States'40 million residents demands for fuels and products based on fossil fuels.
• The other 116 refineries in America support the other 310 million residents in the country.
• All refinery sites can easily reach and exceed 1,000 acres of real estate.

Activities in California may be a prelude to coming attraction for Americans, i.e., activities that are leading to a national security risk for all those living in America.

• Over the last several decades, California's passion totransition away from fossil fuels has overregulated and overly burdened just the SUPPLY of oil production and refining but has not reduced the increasing materialistic DEMANDS of the State for the more than 6,000 products and transportation fuels made from those fossil fuels. Thus, China is savoring the future with their many refineries coming online to meet the DEMANDS of California.
• Just last year, in October 2024, Phillips 66 announced that it would close its Wilmington-area refining complex this year , which will further reduce the state's gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuels production capacity, wiping out more than 8% of the state's crude oil processing capacity. Losing another 1.3 billion gallons in annual gasoline output will only worsen the state's supply challenges to meet the demands.
• The recent announcement that the Valero Benica Refinery in Northern California will be closing by the end of 2026 was disappointing, but shockingly, a prelude to more closures in the future. The Valero refinery at Benicia represents almost 9% of the state's crude oil processing capacity to meet the materialistic demands of the state's residents.

The underdog Ukrainians that are attacking Russia's oil refineries and pipelines are sending a strong message to America's national security team as America's crude oil infrastructure of refineries and pipelines have similar vulnerabilities.