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In October 1989, a refinery in Pasadena, Texas, that was operated by the Phillips Petroleum Company exploded in a disaster that killed 23 people and injured over 100, [3] and two more explosions the following year at different refineries injured a further seven people. [2]
A chemical leak at a Texas oil refinery killed two workers and caused multiple injuries Thursday afternoon, officials with state-owned Mexican oil firm Pemex confirmed. Pemex CEO Víctor ...
Under Dudley, BP announced in 2011 that it was selling its Texas City refinery as part of its divestment plan to pay for ongoing compensation claims and remedial activities following the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The sale of the refinery was successfully completed at the start of 2013 to Marathon Petroleum Corporation for US$2.5 billion.
An investigation is underway into the fatal chemical leak at a Houston area oil refinery owned by Mexico's state oil firm Pemex, the company's top executive said on Friday. Pemex, as Petroleos ...
At the BP Oil Refinery in Texas City, a test on the distillation tower goes wrong. The next day workmen are starting a routine day when a carelessly parked pickup truck with its engine left running backfires when it is engulfed triggering a massive explosion which cause the death of 15 workers.
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Two people were killed in a chemical release at Pemex's 312,500-barrel-per-day (bpd) Deer Park oil refinery in Texas, the county sheriff said. Up to 35 people at the refinery ...
The 58-acre Brio Refinery site was home to several chemical companies between 1957 and 1982, when the owner, Brio Refinery Inc. declared bankruptcy and ceased operations. During that period, the site had been used for copper recovery and petroleum re-refining , typically the processing of tar , sludge , and other residue from oil tanks and ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Three workers filed a lawsuit in a Texas state court in Houston on Monday against Mexico's national oil company Pemex for injuries they allege they received in a hydrogen ...