The detonation also caused a chain reaction when a nearby ship, also carrying ammonium nitrate, exploded, setting fires at chemical tanks and oil
refineries near the port.
Saudi Arabia has been looking to diversify its holdings, and Aramco is reportedly looking to buy an oil
refinery near the port of Houston.
Not exact matches
SUPERIOR, Wis. — The mayors of the Lake Superior twin
port cities
near last week's oil
refinery explosion and fire are calling on its owners to stop using a toxic chemical compound at the site.
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP)-- The mayors of the Lake Superior twin
port cities
near last week's oil
refinery explosion and fire are calling on its owners to stop using a toxic chemical compound at the site.
Three - tenths of the nation's crude oil refining capacity is located in Texas, with the majority of the
refineries «clustered
near ports along the Gulf Coast,» according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's website.
A lifelong resident of Wilmington, located
near the
ports and several
refineries, Jesse Marquez of the Coalition for a Safe Environment told Birnbaum that 40 years ago, the
port complex was one - fifth its current size.
The
refineries, cargo ships, diesel trucks and factories clustered
near the
ports generate enough toxic air pollution to put the risk of cancer
near Melissa and Mary's house 20 percent higher than the average for the south coast of California.