Chevron Warns California Risks Fuel Crisis Unless Iran War Eases

The Chevron refinery in Richmond, California.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Chevron Corp. is warning that California is careening toward an energy crisis because of the Iran war and that the company may quit refining oil in the state unless officials roll back taxes and regulations.

California, the most populous US state, is highly exposed to the disruption rippling across commodity markets because it imports about 20% of its refined fuels from Asia.