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1. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1985/12/05-mn5 Feared Dead, 45 Injured in Carson Oil Refinery Fire ...

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   The blaze was extinguished within an hour after the explosion was reported--ironically, by Fire Department brass attending a dedication ceremony at Fire Station No. 127, across the street from the ...

2. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1985/12/06-mnCarson Refinery Blasts Kill Two and Injure 45 - Los Angeles Times

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   Dec. 6, 1985 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Two people were killed and 45 injured Thursday when a chain of explosions from a gasoline-processing pump tore through an Atlantic Richfield refinery in ...

3. www.upi.com › Archives › 1985/12/07Investigators Saturday tentatively blamed a weakpipe for the ...

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   Dec 7, 1985 · The explosions Friday that ripped through the Atlantic Richfield reformer at the county's second largest refinery triggered the most devastating plant fire in 20 years in terms of total injuries ...

4. billypenn.com › 2019/06/21 › south-philly-refinerysSouth Philly refinery’s long history of fires, explosions ...

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   An explosion rocked a 13-story structure at the Atlantic Richfield Co. refinery in the South Philly complex, killing five workers and injuring nearly 40 others. ... Then-Fire Commissioner James ...

5. www.post-journal.com › news › top-storiesGone, But Not Forgotten | News, Sports, Jobs - Post Journal

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   Jun 19, 2014 · On Wednesday, the Jamestown Fire Department joined with the community at Station 5 — located at 195 Fairmount Ave. Gone, But Not Forgotten | News, Sports, Jobs - Post Journal The devastating fire that ravaged the Richfield Oil Company on June 18, 1934, remains an indelible event in the history of Jamestown and its fire department.

6. www.company-histories.com › Atlantic-RichfieldAtlantic Richfield Company

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   1957: Richfield is the first to discover oil in Alaska. 1966: Atlantic Refining and Richfield merge to form the Atlantic Richfield Company. 1977: The Alaskan pipeline opens with Atlantic Richfield as 21 percent owner. 1989: Net income reaches a record high of $1.95 billion.

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   Who was the president of Atlantic Richfield?

   • The stable leadership of Anderson, chairman of Atlantic Richfield until 1986, and Thornton Bradshaw, president until 1981, would resolve these difficulties and turn their company into the eighth-largest oil company in the United States, a company well equipped to face the complex challenges of the 21st century.

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   What happened at the Atlantic Richfield refinery?

   • Four years and several fires later, the plant faced its biggest devastation to date. An explosion rocked a 13-story structure at the Atlantic Richfield Co. refinery in the South Philly complex, killing five workers and injuring nearly 40 others. Such disasters were becoming more and more likely at the accident-prone refineries, officials worried.

   South Philly refinery's long history of fires, explosions, deaths and

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   What year did Atlantic Richfield refining become a company?

   • 1957: Richfield is the first to discover oil in Alaska. 1966: Atlantic Refining and Richfield merge to form the Atlantic Richfield Company. 1977: The Alaskan pipeline opens with Atlantic Richfield as 21 percent owner. 1989: Net income reaches a record high of $1.95 billion. 1992: ARCO completes a deal to pipe gas from China to Hong Kong.

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   Why was Atlantic Richfield restructured?

   • While oil flowed through the Alaskan pipeline at a rate of nearly two million barrels a day, Atlantic Richfield was undergoing a radical restructuring that not only reflected its growth as an oil company, but as an oil company intent on branching into new products and markets.

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   When did Atlantic Richfield stop advertising?

   • In 1972 Atlantic Richfield removed all billboard advertising, and in the same year received two awards for its conservation efforts. By 1976 total spending on conservation amounted to $400 million. Atlantic Richfield produced and marketed the first low-emissions gasoline in the United States.

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   When was Atlantic Richfield merged?

   • The merger of the two oil companies took place in January 1966, forming Atlantic Richfield Company. Two years later, the biggest oil discovery in the Western Hemisphere was made in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, with Atlantic Richfield the biggest federal leaseholder in the state.

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8. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1985/12/15-mnTwo More Victims of Refinery Blasts, Fire Die; Toll Now 5

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   Dec 15, 1985 · Two more victims of the Dec. 6 explosions and fire at Atlantic Richfield's Carson refinery have died of burns, bringing the death total to five, a hospital spokeswoman said Saturday.