Posts Tagged ‘refinery’

Large explosion near oil refinery in occupied Haifa Bay: Israeli Media

14 Jan 2024 Source: Israeli media By Al Mayadeen English Israeli media reports a massive explosion in the occupied Haifa Bay near the oil refineries. Israeli media reported on Sunday morning a large explosion in the occupied Haifa Bay near the oil refineries.  Israeli statements on the explosion’s details have been contradictory. Some Israeli media […]

Toxins from Marathon refinery fire leaked 15 hours before evacuation called

Documents reveal air monitoring detected carcinogens from burning petroleum; residents with respiratory issues file lawsuit. Source

3rd Largest Refinery Down For Good

Third-Largest Oil Refinery in America is Shut Down After Catastrophic Fire By Kyle Becker August 27th 2023 The third largest oil refinery in America was totally engulfed and destroyed in a catastrophic blaze, marking yet another industrial disaster under the Biden administration. The Marathon Petroleum plant suffered so much severe damage from the fire, which […]

Raisi inaugurates South Pars Phase 14 refinery

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What Kiwis need to know about the shutting down of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery

From Liz Gunn @ Youtube: EWR comment: note you can read the info & download the report at website link below. The interview however is more in depth. We speak with David Trotter (lead researcher and author) & Levi Wulf (sub researcher and editor), who along with Karl Barkley (nautical tracking and sub research), have […]

BP Refinery In Ohio That Provides Gasoline For Midwest “Shut Down” After Fire

By Zero Hedge Update (Wednesday): A BP spokesperson told Reuters the BP-Husky Toledo refinery in Oregon, Ohio, has been “safely shut down” in response to Tuesday night’s fire. The fire’s cause is still unknown, but sources told Reuters, “leaking fumes from a crude unit may have caused the ignition in another unit at the facility.” The source […]

“Explosion” Rocks BP Refinery In Ohio

Videos posted on social media show the fire at the BP refinery. Per BP: The refinery can process up to 160,000 barrels of crude oil each day, providing the Midwest with gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, propane, asphalt, and other products. https://t.co/dmX2Gg3Ens — Josh Croup 13abc (@JoshCroup) September 20, 2022 Video from a viewer shows an Oregon BP […]

Eight in Hospital, Some Seriously Injured, After Newfoundland Refinery Explosion

ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—Eight people were sent to hospital Friday after an explosion at a refinery in Come By Chance, N.L., about 150 kilometres west of St. John’s, police said. RCMP said some were seriously injured in the blast and had to be airlifted to St. John’s, though Cpl. Jolene Garland could not confirm how many. […]

Sabotage? ANOTHER Oil Refinery Mysteriously Burns to the Ground As Feds Declare Emergency in Four States

@media (max-width: 1200px) { }.novashare-inline:not(.novashare-columns) .novashare-buttons-wrapper { justify-content: center; }body .novashare-inline:not(.novashare-columns) a.novashare-button, body .novashare-inline .novashare-total-share-count { margin: 0px 5px 10px 5px; }body .novashare-buttons.novashare-inline .novashare-button-icon { width: 100%; } The federal government has declared an emergency in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, following a massive fire at an oil refinery in Indiana. The fire destroyed the […]

Sabotage? ANOTHER Oil Refinery Mysteriously Burns to the Ground As Feds Declare Emergency in Four States

@media (max-width: 1200px) { }.novashare-inline:not(.novashare-columns) .novashare-buttons-wrapper { justify-content: center; }body .novashare-inline:not(.novashare-columns) a.novashare-button, body .novashare-inline .novashare-total-share-count { margin: 0px 5px 10px 5px; }body .novashare-buttons.novashare-inline .novashare-button-icon { width: 100%; } The federal government has declared an emergency in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, following a massive fire at an oil refinery in Indiana. The fire destroyed the […]

Sabotage? ANOTHER Oil Refinery Mysteriously Burns to the Ground As Feds Declare Emergency in Four States

@media (max-width: 1200px) { }.novashare-inline:not(.novashare-columns) .novashare-buttons-wrapper { justify-content: center; }body .novashare-inline:not(.novashare-columns) a.novashare-button, body .novashare-inline .novashare-total-share-count { margin: 0px 5px 10px 5px; }body .novashare-buttons.novashare-inline .novashare-button-icon { width: 100%; } The federal government has declared an emergency in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, following a massive fire at an oil refinery in Indiana. The fire destroyed the […]

Tehran Oil Refinery to be upgraded into petro-refinery

TEHRAN – Manager of operations at Tehran Oil Refining Company has announced the company’s plan for upgrading the refinery into a petro-refinery in order to expand its products basket, Shana reported. Source

White House, Oil Refinery Executives Fail to Reach Plan to Lower Gas Prices

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm emerged from an emergency meeting with major oil refiners on Thursday with no plans to lower gas prices but a vague promise to keep talking, Reuters reported.

Largest California Refinery Hit With Strike Amid Record-High Gas Prices

Hundreds of Chevron Corp. refinery workers in the San Francisco Bay Area went on strike Monday following a breakdown in talks between the oil major and the United Steelworkers (USW) union on a contract agreement. Source

Oil-soaked birds found near oil spill at refinery after Ida

Wiebe said efforts to capture and save more birds are ongoing. The affected species include black-bellied whistling ducks, blue-winged teal and a variety of egrets. Other animals were also seen covered in oil, include alligators, nutria and river otters. A summary issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency said it had received 43 notifications of […]

EXPLOSION and fire rock Mexican oil refinery in Veracruz state (VIDEO)

Fire has broken out at a Pemex oil refinery in Minatitlán, a town in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Video from the scene shows a plume of black smoke as the facility is engulfed in flames. No casualties have been reported so far. The incident occurred at the Petróleos Mexicano (Pemex) refinery named after former […]

Iran sends second cargo of refinery materials to Venezuela

TEHRAN – Iran has sent a second cargo of refining materials to Venezuela to help the country resume operation at the 955,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Paraguana Refining Complex (CRP) in western Venezuela, Reuters reported, quoting people familiar with the matter. Iran had previously sent more than a dozen cargoes of catalysts to the country to help […]

WATCH: Striking French refinery workers & climate protesters clash with police outside office of oil giant Total

Protesters have clashed with French police outside of Total’s head office in La Defense, Paris as striking employees and climate activists accuse the oil giant of jettisoning jobs while failing to protect the environment. Employees of the Grandpuits refinery, who have been striking for five weeks following the announcement that the plant would be converted […]

Washington Rejects Massive Methanol Refinery

Fracked Gas Refinery and Export Terminal Would Have Significant Climate Impact. Kalama, WA —The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) denied permits for the massive fracked gas-to-methanol refinery proposed in Kalama, WA. Ecology nixed the fossil fuel processing and export proposal after deciding it would have a significant negative impact on the climate, Washington’s shorelines, and the public […]

S. Korean credit line tapped for financing Iran refinery project

SHANA – A project to optimize Iran’s Isfahan Refinery will be financed by a South Korean credit line. South Korea will provide €1.9 billion worth of credit for upgrading and optimizing the refinery. “A contract for improving process and optimizing Isfahan Refinery was signed and sealed in March 2017, based on which, it was envisioned […]

Iran to launch $1b refinery in Syria

SHANA — Iran’s Research Center of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) is to launch a refinery in Syria, a RIPI official said. Addressing a press conference on the center’s latest activities and achievements, Deputy RIPI Head of Technology and International Relations Mansour Bazmi said the facility it to be developed with the technologies RIPI has developed. He […]

Bidboland refinery 60% complete

SHANA– Iran’s Bidboland Persian Gulf Refinery project has so far made nearly 60% progress, the facility’s managing director said. Mahmoud Amin Nejad said construction of the refinery, which is to feed to Dena Ethylene Pipeline, has made 59% progress so far. He said the project’s pipe-lay operation has made 65% progress and its storage facilities […]

MOTIVA: FLOODING SHUTS LARGEST U.S. REFINERY

MOTIVA: FLOODING SHUTS LARGEST U.S. REFINERY August 31st, 2017 Via: CNBC: The largest U.S. refinery was shutting down completely on Wednesday morning as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Harvey flooded the 603,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, plant, owner Motiva Enterprises said in a […]

New refinery to make Iran exporter of gasoline: IRGC Chief

Tasnim – A new gas condensate refinery constructed in southern Iran by an entity affiliated with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will not only help meet the country’s domestic demands for gasoline, but also allow for the export of petroleum, the commander of the IRGC announced. After coming into operation, the ‘Persian Gulf Star’ […]

Support for Iranian mobile messaging apps

The Iranian government has announced a new measure to support the production of indigenous mobile messaging applications in the face of tough competition from foreign counterparts. Due to the popularity of instant mobile messaging, localizing the technology has always been one of the main concerns of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology that consider […]

Israel, Turkey ‘reach normalization deal’

Israel and Turkey have reached an agreement on the normalization of their relations six years after an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid flotilla killed 10 Turkish activists in high seas and sent their ties spiraling into a cycle of tensions. An Israeli official said on condition of anonymity on Sunday that the deal had been […]

US, Canada assigned to make human rights gestures: Iranian MP

June 26, The Iran Project – An Iranian lawmaker says US and Canada are assigned to make human rights gestures and put pressure on countries like Iran, referring to the Westerners’ division of labour. Speaking to a reporter on Sunday, Mohammad Javad Jamali Nobandegani, a member of parliament’s National Security Council and Foreign Policy Commission pointed out that […]

Thank Reagan for Orlando

The Orlando shooting has nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with US policies, both domestic and foreign. By domestic, I’m referring to soft power cultural destablization, intended for export around the world to keep the natives distracted and happy. Think Disney on steriods. By foreign, I’m referring to US imperialist policies, neoliberalism […]

Iraq army, Peshmerga forces start closing in on Mosul

The Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have reportedly launched operations to tighten the noose around the Takfiri Daesh terrorists in their stronghold of Mosul, as part of larger-scale attempts to fully liberate the northern Iraqi city. On Wednesday, the Iraqi government forces and their allies started a planned and multi-pronged offensive to first encircle, […]

Iran, Norway hold a seminar on JCPOA, opportunity for cooperation

Oslo, June 13, IRNA – A seminar entitled ‘JCPOA and the opportunities for cooperation between Iran and Norway’ began in Oslo on Monday. The seminar, which is being held in cooperation with Foreign Ministries of Iran and Norway, Iranian Embassy in Oslo and a research center for Foreign Trade called Prio Innovation, Norway, is participated […]

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