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May 5 – A leak occurred in a relief line, at a Keystone Pipeline Terminal in Beaumont, Texas. About 18,500 gallons of crude oil were spilled. The cause seemed to be internal corrosion. [5] July 28 – A gas line explosion and fire occurred in Martin County, Texas, which injured four workers. A ditching truck hit an existing high-pressure gas ...
In February 2021, the state of Texas suffered a major power crisis, which came about during three severe winter storms sweeping across the United States on February 10–11, [6] 13–17 (known as Winter Storm Uri), [7] and 15–20.
[10] July 12, 1951 - A tank farm fire in Wilmington injured 3. [11] September 1, 1968 - Lightning struck an oil storage surface reservoir, at the Standard Oil Company of California refinery in El Segundo, igniting the wooden roof, and started a fire on the 7.25-acre surface of bunker oil that burned for 13 days.
An investigation is underway into the fatal chemical leak at a Houston area oil refinery owned by Mexico's state oil firm Pemex, the company's top executive said on Friday. Pemex, as Petroleos ...
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Last week cargo giants Maersk (MAERSK-A.CO, MAERSK-B.CO) and German shipment company Hapag-Lloyd said they would pause voyages through the region until further notice.Goldman Sachs analysts ...
On the morning of January 10, 1901, Anthony F. Lucas, an experienced mining engineer, drilled the first major oil well at Spindletop, a small hill south of Beaumont, Texas. The East Texas Oil Field, discovered on October 5, 1930, is located in east central part of the state, and is the largest and most prolific oil reservoir in the contiguous ...
The Texas Railroad Commission announced in December 2023 that it was suspending permits for oil and gas wastewater disposal in Culberson and Reeves counties along the border of the two states, as ...