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The refinery used to be operated by Giant Industries and earlier operated by BP/Amoco. [2] Giant Industries was acquired by Western Refining in 2007. The refinery could run high TAN crude oil (crude oil with a high content of naphthenic acids). The refining operations were shut down in the fall of 2010 and the refinery was later demolished. [3]
There are no reports of injuries or evacuations after an early morning fire broke out at a 150-year-old refinery complex in Philadelphia. (June 21) Massive Philadelphia refinery fire contained [Video]
Air samples taken from the scene of a massive refinery fire show no findings that would point to an immediate danger to the surrounding community.
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Western Refining, Inc., is a Texas-based Fortune 200 [8] and Global 2000 [9] crude oil refiner and marketer operating primarily in the Southwestern, North-Central and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
A fire at a 150-year-old refinery complex in Philadelphia was started in a vat of butane. The blaze turned the early morning sky a bright orange and yellow and awakened startled residents with ...
An 8-day long fire then consumed at least 45 acres of storage tanks and damaged nearby homes and businesses. In addition to a boy killed in his home, one Standard Oil workman died of a heart attack, another 40 were injured, and 1,500 evacuated. [49] On Nov 23, 1957, 2 workers were killed in a Whiting Standard of Indiana refinery fire. [49]
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