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Apr 14, 2024 · The explosion sent shockwaves across Philadelphia, particularly among the residents living less than a mile from the refinery. It wasn’t the first time the 150-year-old refinery had caught on fire.
Oct 25, 2021 · Hilco Redevelopment Partners, who purchased the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery last year, announced on Monday that the 1,300-acre property will now be called The Bellwether District.
- PDV America Inc, Louisiana. Barrels per Calender Day: 455,000. Company: Citgo Petroleum Corp. Site: Lake Charles. Lake Charles II is an integrated coking refinery and is managed by CITGO Petroleum.
- BP PLC, Indiana. Barrels per Calender Day: 435,000. Company: BP Products North America Inc. Site: Whiting. The Whiting Refinery is situated on Lake Michigan's southwestern shore and is operated by BP.
- ExxonMobil Corp, Texas. Barrels per Calender Day: 369,024. Company: Exxonmobil Refining & Supply Co. Site: Beaumont. ExxonMobil Corp (NYSE:XOM)’s Beaumont refining facilities, established in 1903 along the Neches River, have evolved into a vital petrochemical complex as it plays a key role in global energy supply.
- Marathon Petroleum Corp, California. Barrels per Calender Day: 363,000. Company: Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co. Site: Carson. Located in Los Angeles County near the bustling Los Angeles Harbor, the refinery is the largest on the West Coast, with an impressive crude oil capacity of 363,000 barrels per calendar day.
Jul 1, 2012 · WASHINGTON, DC & PHILADELPHIA, PA – Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group L.P. (NASDAQ: CG) and Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN) announced today that they have agreed to form Philadelphia Energy Solutions, a joint venture that will enable the historic Philadelphia refinery to continue operating. The refinery, the oldest continuously operating one on the east coast, processes 330,000 ...
- A Public Health Nightmare
- Residents, Workers Wait in The Dark
- The Potential Buyers
- Does The City Have A Say?
Philadelphia’s air, water, and public health are also on the table. According to a city report on the refinery, it was “the largest single emitter of toxic pollutants in Philadelphia,” and estimated to be responsible for 20 percent of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions, which does not include emissions from when the refinery’s products were burned...
Ray is a member of Philly Thrive, a grassroots environmental justice group that has been organizing community members that live near the refinery and raising awareness about its public health costs since 2015. During a series of meetings hosted by the city after the fire, the group lobbied the city to close the site to fossil fuels forever and devo...
Fifteen potential buyers submitted formal letters of interest when the auction process began in November. But not all of the interested parties were expected to stick it out, and it’s unclear how many will be present at the auction — the final number of bidders has not been disclosed. Neither have their identities, although three publicly confirmed...
In August, two months after the explosion, the city of Philadelphia created a Refinery Advisory Groupmade up of various stakeholders, including city staff, community members, and labor leaders. The purpose of the group was to gather “information about the refinery site and its possible future use.” The group held six public meetings, allowing the c...
5. In the early morning of June 21, 2019, a fire and multiple explosions occurred at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A release of hydrocarbons and hydrofluoric acid in the refinery's alkylation unit caused a ground-hugging vapor cloud which rapidly ignited, leading to three separate explosions ...
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Jun 4, 2021 · The South Philadelphia refinery complex dates back to the Civil War era, when it was built as Atlantic Refining Co. Gulf Oil opened a neighboring facility in 1926, and the two operations were ...
