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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]
May 19, 2015 – Santa Barbara – Pipeline rupture, large oil spill [19] October 22, 2017 - An oil well pump fire, east of Orcutt. [20] January 19, 2018 - A fire broke out in the cooling tower of a refinery in Bakersfield. [21] October 8, 2018 - Nearly 1,900 gallons of crude oil leaked from a ruptured pipe over a weekend, at a Torrance ...
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August 26, 2023 at 1:14 AM. ... Marathon Petroleum Corporation said the fire is contained to the refinery’s property, and one firefighter is being evaluated for heat stress.
A massive fire at a south Louisiana oil refinery sent a tower of black smoke billowing into the air above the Mississippi River on Friday, forcing nearby residents to evacuate for several hours as ...
A fire at the Louisiana Marathon refinery in St. John the Baptist Parish began early Friday morning and continued to burn into the afternoon.
[19] On August 28, 2006, Western Refining bought Giant Industries (GI) for $1.23 billion in cash, creating the fourth-largest publicly traded independent oil refiner in the USA. The combined company created the capacity to handle about 216,000 barrels a day from four refineries, about 84% more than Western's current capacity at the time.
Smoke was seen rising from a Louisiana refinery after a massive fire broke out in a crude oil tank. A three-mile-wide shelter-in-place order was issued on Saturday evening (June 3), after a crude ...