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HOUSTON (Reuters) -LyondellBasell Industries will begin the permanent closure of its 263,776 barrel-per-day Houston refinery this coming weekend, said people familiar with plant operations ...
On August 16, 2006, Lyondell Chemical Company bought CITGO's share, and as a result, Houston Refining became a wholly owned subsidiary of Lyondell. [6] In April of 2022, LyondellBasell announced plans to close the refinery by the end of 2023. [7] The target closure date was pushed back to Q1 2025 due to a period of strong refining margins. [8] [9]
An aging, failed elbow pipe that hadn't been inspected in almost 45 years appears to be the initial cause of a June 21 fire and subsequent explosions that injured five people at the largest oil ...
A massive fire at Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc's oil refinery on Friday damaged the largest U.S. East Coast plant to the point that it could remain shut for an extended period, according to ...
Ruptured elbow pipe from Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, determined to be the root cause to the refinery's fire and explosions in June 2019. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released its final report on the incident on October 11, 2022. [1] The report stated that a corroded elbow pipe, installed in 1973, ruptured and caused the initial leak.
Facility in Houston. LyondellBasell's United States operations filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2009, and emerged from bankruptcy in April 2010. [11] Its former parent company, LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A. was replaced by LyondellBasell Industries N.V. [12] It was listed on the New York Stock Exchange on October 14, 2010.
The explosion sent shockwaves across Philadelphia, particularly among the residents living less than a mile from the refinery. It wasn’t the first time the 150-year-old refinery had caught on fire.
1919 Standard Oil Company fire; 1945 Edgewood Arsenal explosion; 1946 Greenville propane explosion; 1956 Bush Terminal explosion; 1984 Romeoville petroleum refinery disaster; 1990 ARCO explosion; 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster; 2010 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery disaster; 2018 Husky Energy Refinery explosion; 2019 Philadelphia refinery explosion