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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]
The board convened in September of that year in Houston, in part because the Houston area had been home to large-scale disasters like the one in 1990. [22] Since then, the next biggest industrial disaster to occur in the Greater Houston area was the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion , [ 23 ] which killed 15 people and injured 180.
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.
A natural gas pipeline explosion in the Houston area has prompted evacuations and a large response from firefighters to fight the Monday afternoon blaze. The explosion happened in Deer Park, a ...
Global levels of planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels will hit record levels this year, according to new projections, dashing hopes 2024 would be the year they plateau or fall.. Fossil fuel ...
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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