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The Murphy Oil USA refinery spill was an oil spill that resulted from the failure of a storage tank at the Murphy Oil USA petroleum refinery in the residential areas of Chalmette and Meraux, Louisiana, United States, on August 30, 2005, the day after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
In 2004, the company sold oil fields in Western Canada for US$633 million. [10] In July 2011, the company sold its refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, to Calumet for $214 million. [11] In September 2011, the company sold its refinery in Meraux, Louisiana, to Valero Energy for $325 million. [12]
Murphy Oil USA refinery spill (Hurricane Katrina) United States, Meraux and Chalmette, Louisiana 30 August 2005: 2,660: 3,410 [203] [204] Bass Enterprises (Hurricane Katrina) United States, Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana 30 August 2005: 1,500: 1,500 [203] Chevron (Hurricane Katrina) United States, Port Fourchon, Louisiana 30 August 2005: 170: ...
The important decision to spinoff its downstream operations was magnified in Murphy Oil's (NYS: MUR) third quarter earnings release. While missing analyst estimates by $0.03 is negligible, the ...
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Chalmette (/ ʃ æ l ˈ m ɛ t / shal-MET) is a census-designated place (CDP) in, and the parish seat of, St. Bernard Parish in southeastern Louisiana, United States. [2] The 2010 census reported that Chalmette had 16,751 people; 2011 population was listed as 17,119; [3] however, the pre-Katrina population was 32,069 at the 2000 census.
A massive fire at a south Louisiana oil refinery sent a tower of black smoke billowing into the air above the Mississippi River on Friday, forcing nearby residents to evacuate for several hours as ...