Sentences with phrase «refinery near the port»
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.
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Saudi Arabia has been looking to diversify its holdings, and Aramco is reportedly looking to buy an oil refinery near the port of Houston.
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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.