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BP Corporation North America, Inc., provides petroleum refining services as also transportation fuel, heat and light energy. [202] BP Products North America, Inc., a 1954 established Houston-based subsidiary, is engaged in the exploration, development, production, refining, and marketing of oil and natural gas. [ 203 ]
Whiting Refinery. The Whiting Refinery is an oil refinery located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal [1] and operated by BP. The facility is primarily located in Whiting, Indiana, USA, though portions of the 1,400 acres (5.7 km 2) complex span into the neighboring cities of Hammond and East Chicago.
Pan American merged with Standard Oil of Indiana in 1954 to form Amoco. [2] BP acquired the refinery as part of its merger with Amoco in 1999. [ 3 ] As of January 2005, it was the second largest oil refinery out of 23 in Texas (behind Baytown Refinery ), and the fourth overall out of 142 in the United States in terms of operating capacity ...
When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of ...
1971; 53 years ago (1971) Capacity. 225,000 bbl/d (35,800 m 3 /d) The Cherry Point Refinery is an oil refinery near Bellingham, Washington, north of Seattle in the United States. Owned by BP, is the largest refinery in Washington state (and was the 30th largest in the U.S. in 2015). It is located about seven miles (11 km) south of Blaine and ...
Location: Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon Block 252), in the North-central Gulf of Mexico, United States (south of Louisiana): Coordinates: 1]: Date: 20 April – 19 September 2010 (4 months, 4 weeks and 2 days): Cause; Cause: Wellhead blowout: Casualties: 11 people killed 17 people injured: Operator: Transocean under contract for BP [2]: Spill characteristics; Volume: 4.9 MMbbl ...
When the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in 2010 and spewed many millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the disastrous spill damaged the economy, devastated the environment ...
China National Petroleum Corporation (PetroChina) Jinzhou Petrochemical Refinery, 112,000 bbl/day. WEPEC Dalain Refinery, 200,000 bbl/day. Sinopec Jinan Company, 21,000 bbl/day. Sinopec Qilu Company Refinery, 195,000 bbl/day. Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Oil Refinery, 220,000 bbl/day.