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Borger: Workers hurt at Texas refinery
Several workers at a refinery in Texas have been hurt during planned maintenance, local media has reported. Workers at the Phillips 66 refinery in Borger in Texas were hurt while working on a unit that handles hydrofluoric acid. The reports quoted company spokesman Dennis Nuss as saying the workers were hurt at the refinery, which […]
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Hydrofluoric Acid — #10 In “Top 10 Toxic Ingredients Used By The Fossil Fuel Industries”
This is the first part of a 10-part series on the ”Top 10 Toxic Ingredients Used By The Fossil Fuel Industries.” Read, share, and check in tomorrow for the next part, which will focus on radon. 10. Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) / Hydrogen Fluoride Fossil Fuel Source: Oil and Gas Hydrofluoric acid (HF) is “one of the […]
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Another North Salt Lake refinery fined by the EPA
NORTH SALT LAKE — Another Utah refinery has agreed to pay a penalty to the Environmental Protection Agency and to upgrade emissions controls for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. Big West Oil LLC will pay a $175,000 fine and spend approximately $1.8 million on emissions controls at its North Salt Lake refinery. The […]
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PennPirg urges EPA to make chemical companies switch to safer processes
PHILADELPHIA — Environmental activists gathered in front of the Philadelphia region’s Environmental Protection Agency offices on Thursday to call for stricter safety and security to protect the public from possible chemical spills and accidents in the area. The rally was to release “Danger in Our Backyards: The Threat of Chemical Facilities to Millions,” a report […]
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Cards N Time: Pollution IV, Cushing, Oklahoma
Excerpt: Hudson Oil Refinery In 1913, Consumers Oil opened their refinery west of downtown Cushing on what became a 400-acre site after they merged with Empire Oil. In 1943 they were acquired by Midland Cooperative Wholesale. Hudson Oil acquired Midland in 1977. In 1981, Land-O-Lakes dairy cooperative merged with former owner Midland. They closed Hudson […]
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Report: Toxic cloud could sicken millions in Chicago
CHICAGO – A rapidly spreading toxic cloud of hydrofluoric acid fumes from an accident at two oil refineries in Lemont and Channahon, Ill., could kill thousands and sicken millions in the Windy City, says a leading union authority on worker and public safety. The threat to Chicago and other areas around the country is so […]
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More than 26 million are at risk of a Hydrofluoric Acid Release from Oil Refineries
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A United Steelworkers (USW) study released today– A Risk Too Great, Hydrofluoric Acid in U.S. Refineries–warns that refiners that use hydrofluoric acid (HF) in their alkylation process to make clean-burning gasoline do not have adequate safety systems in place and are not prepared to handle a release. The Occupational […]
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Worker at Valero’s Memphis refinery dies
A worker at Valero Energy Corp.’s Memphis refinery died Monday after being exposed to a mixture of propane and hydrofluoric acid. A contract worker and two firefighters also were hospitalized, in noncritical condition. The Valero worker died at the hospital, said Martha Deacon, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Deacon […]
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Welcome to Kochworld
To see how the Koch brothers’ free-market industry utopia operates, look no further than Corpus Christi, Texas, where the billionaires own two oil refineries. Until her son got sick, Latricia Jones never thought much about the air she breathes or who was polluting it. At 31, she’d spent nearly her entire life in Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest […]
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Petrobras Pasadena refinery alky unit malfunctions
An alkylation unit malfunctioned on Saturday morning releasing hydrofluoric acid at Pasadena Refining System’s 100,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Pasadena, Texas, refinery, according to a notice filed with Texas pollution regulators. Fire fighting equipment was used to suppress the hydrofluoric acid vapors, according to the notice filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The unit was […]
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