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U.S. panel to investigate chemical leak at Channahon plant
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has dispatched a four-member team to investigate the cause of the release of a toxic chemical at an oil refinery last week near Joliet. Two employees — one of them in critical condition — were transported to the hospital in the accident. Their conditions today are not available. ExxonMobil said […]
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Hydrofluoric acid release at Exxon’s Joliet refinery
TORONTO, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) said it had an upset at an alkylation unit at its 238,600 barrel per day refinery in Joliet, Illinois, on Thursday which resulted in two people being taken to the hospital. Exxon Mobil said the cause was a propane leak at about 12:30 p.m. CDT (1730 GMT) […]
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Investigators still can’t go near Citgo fire site
CORPUS CHRISTI — Investigators from two federal agencies have not been allowed near a unit that caught fire last week at Citgo Refining and Chemicals Co. The unit still is considered unsafe. The alkylation unit continued to burn for more than two days after the July 19 fire started. Alkylation is a key aspect of […]
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Citgo continues production but 2 units shut off
CORPUS CHRISTI — Citgo Refining and Chemicals Co. continues to produce gasoline though two units are shut off after a fire Sunday at its East Plant. Company spokesman Jesse Garcia said the fire, which continued to burn residuals, was extinguished at about 7 p.m. Tuesday. The residual fire kept investigation teams from beginning their work […]
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10 hospitalized over refinery vapors
Ten Sunoco contractors were taken to hospitals for evaluation yesterday after acid vapor escaped at the oil company’s South Philadelphia refinery. Seven went to Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia; the others were taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, police said. None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said. Thomas Golembeski, spokesman for […]
United States, Pennsylvania Oil Refineries -
Pollution rulings defy all logic
We Texans like to pride ourselves on being a commonsensical kind of folk, neither impressed nor fooled by fancy suits, jargon or schemes. This is why I was so baffled a few weeks ago by the argument a Cincinnati-based insurer used in federal court to avoid a potential $25 million liability in a 2007 office […]
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Joliet refinery should be made safer, says study
ExxonMobil’s Joliet Refinery is one of the 101 most dangerous chemical facilities in the country, according to a report released recently. The report identified a technology that could lessen the threat of a toxic gas release, but company officials refused to say whether they are considering an alternative approach to refining. “Chemical Security 101: What […]
United States, Illinois Oil Refineries -
Ferndale refinery listed as ‘high-hazard’ over chemical leak danger
ConocoPhillips Refinery near Ferndale has been listed as one of 303 high-hazard chemical facilities in the U.S. in a report released by the Center for American Progress. The center, a nonpartisan research and education institute, identified ConocoPhillips and other facilities as “high-hazard” because of the type of chemicals they use and the number of people […]
United States, Washington State Oil Refineries -
Big West: Air quality group sues county over refinery expansion
Less than two months after Kern County supervisors approved the Big West of California refinery expansion, a Shafter-based group that advocates for air quality has filed a lawsuit saying the county should have done more to mitigation pollution from the refinery. The Association of Irritated Residents, represented by the Center on Race, Poverty and the […]
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Big West: Supervisors approve refinery expansion
County supervisors approved an expansion of the Big West of California refinery Tuesday after nearly two years of community debate and a packed, hours-long public hearing. The board’s unanimous approval came after the company agreed to several new conditions, including one that requires an independent safety audit of the refinery’s operations and equipment before the […]
United States, California Oil Refineries