Tag: refinery
The Russian oil of “friendship”, cumbersome legacy of a German refinery
The PCK refinery in Schwedt, east of Berlin, April 2, 2022 (AFP/Archives/John MACDOUGALL) Russian oil has been supplying the Schwedt refinery for decades, a former East German combine that survived…
Near Douai, the last French zinc refinery undermined by electricity prices
Reporting Article reserved for subscribers In Auby in the North, the very energy-intensive factory takes the brunt of the explosion in electricity prices. The site of 297 employees must even…
Shell to sell Deer Park Pemex refinery next week – sources
Royal Dutch Shell agreed in May to sell its majority stake in the Deer Park refinery, which can process up to 340,000 barrels per day (bpd), Pemex, its longtime partner…
Four injured in fire at ExxonMobil refinery in Texas
Four people were injured in a fire that occurred Thursday, December 23 at an ExxonMobil refinery in Texas, in the southern United States, described as “major industrial accidentBy the local…
ExxonMobil: fire at Baytown refinery
(CercleFinance.com) – A fire broke out overnight from Wednesday to Thursday at the ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, near Houston (Texas), the oil group said this morning. The fire, the origin…
Sahrani plant: major fire in refinery in Lebanon
Clouds of smoke over the Sahrani plant According to the Lebanese news agency ANI, the cause of the fire was initially unclear. There were initially no reports of injuries. According…
Shock for bathers: explosion in Romanian oil refinery
A violent explosion occurred on Friday in the largest oil refinery in Romania. A thick black mushroom cloud rose above the scene of the accident. Frightened bathers watched the spectacle…
Explosion in the largest Romanian oil refinery frightens bathers
An explosion paralyzed parts of Romania’s largest oil refinery Petromidia in Navodari on Friday. One worker was killed in the accident and five others were injured. Shock also for bathers…
Total ordered to review its impact study on the use of palm oil in a refinery
Greenpeace activists block the Total de La Mède refinery on October 29, 2019 near Marseille, to protest against the group’s annual rate of palm oil imports. BORIS HORVAT / AFP…