Impairment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Impairment or Disposal of Tangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

IMPAIRMENT

2.    IMPAIRMENT

In recent years, the State of California adopted legislation that has subjected our refining and marketing operations to potential increased operational restrictions and new reporting requirements. The considerable uncertainty and potential adverse effects on our operations and financial performance resulted in the evaluation of strategic alternatives for our operations in California.

In late March 2025, we approved a plan with respect to the operations at our Benicia Refinery and currently intend to cease refining operations by the end of April 2026. In addition, we considered strategic alternatives for our remaining operations in California. As a result, we updated our evaluation of potential impairment and concluded that the carrying values of our Benicia and Wilmington refineries were not recoverable as of March 31, 2025. Therefore, we reduced the carrying values of these assets to their estimated fair values and recognized a combined asset impairment loss of $1.1 billion in our Refining segment in the three months ended March 31, 2025. See Note 11 for disclosure related to the method used to determine the fair values.

Included in the recoverability assessments discussed above was the recognition of expected asset retirement obligations of $337 million, which primarily reflects the fair value of estimated costs for certain legal obligations to decommission the assets based on a range of potential settlement dates.

In addition, we shortened the estimated useful life of the Benicia Refinery to reflect the plan to cease use of the refining assets by the end of April 2026. Therefore, the revised carrying value of the net property, plant, and equipment and other noncurrent assets of $722 million will be depreciated to the estimated salvage value of $107 million beginning April 2025 through April 2026. Furthermore, we continue to evaluate strategic alternatives for our remaining operations in California.