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On April 17, 2013, an explosion and fire at ExxonMobil's Beaumont, Texas refinery injured at least 12 people and killed two. [20] The incident was caused by a hydrotreater heat exchanger, releasing hydrocarbons that ignited. Following the event, multiple negligence-based personal injury lawsuits were filed.
The Texas oil boom, sometimes called the gusher age, was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in the U.S. state of Texas during the early 20th century that began with the discovery of a large petroleum reserve near Beaumont, Texas.
Spindletop was the largest gusher the world had seen and catapulted Beaumont into an oil-fueled boomtown. Beaumont's population of 10,000 tripled in 3 months and eventually rose to 50,000. [9] Speculation led land prices to increase rapidly. By the end of 1902, more than 500 companies had been formed and 285 wells were in operation. [3]
Texas offices are located in Beaumont, Corpus Christi, and La Porte. Louisiana offices are located in Sulphur and St. Gabriel. Ohmstede was acquired by Emcor in September, 2007, for approximately $455 million. [2] Ohmstede is a member of the Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association (TEMA).
Modern-day examples of resource-generated boomtowns include Fort McMurray in ... Beaumont, Texas, oil; Belleville, ... New York (shoe manufacturing boomtown, 1900s ...
(And if you move the deadline to December 2001 when China joined the WTO, modern manufacturing job destruction is actually slower than the historic average—0.166 percent to 0.143 percent.)
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