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Thick plumes of opaque black smoke billowed into the Texas sky Wednesday after a Houston-area chemical plant caught fire – forcing nearby students to evacuate and residents to shelter in place.
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 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]
September 16 – A vehicle drove into an Energy Transfer 20 inch pipeline carrying natural gas liquids exploded in Deer Park, Texas at 9:55 AM, sending flames hundreds of feet into the air and causing a fire that spread to La Porte, Texas. Roads around the fire were closed and nearby San Jacinto College went under a shelter-in-place.
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 ...
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.
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