Energy Shortages and Inflation The New Norm as Refinery Closures Outpace Construction
As the world has become impassioned with increasing its electricity generation from wind turbines and solar panels from breezes and sunshine, the world is silently slipping into a future of shortages and inflation as society’s demands for all the products and fuels manufactured from crude oil are exceeding the supply available from the dwindling number […]
Fire breaks out at Russian oil refinery; deaths, injuries reported
A fire broke out at an oil refinery in northwestern Russia on Sunday, causing deaths and injuries, local authorities said. The governor said the fire was not the result of a Ukrainian drone strike and investigators have opened a criminal case of alleged negligence. Biden authorizes limited military strikes, Medvedev says Russia not ‘bluffing’ with […]
Refinery fire in Texas Panhandle injures 2
Two Phillips 66 employees were injured Monday when a fire broke out at one of the oil company’s refineries in the Texas Panhandle, according to Phillips 66. The fire started around 11:20 a.m. and was extinguished by 1 p.m. after emergency management officials and the Borger Fire Department were called, Phillips spokesman Al Ortiz said […]
Gas prices jolted up by 12 cents as Indiana oil refinery remains closed: AAA
Ohio saw the biggest increase of 30 cents. (iStock) Gasoline prices have hit their highest jump in recent months. Last week’s average price was $3.27, an increase of 12 cents from the previous week. AAA report found. The current national average gas price is 21 cents higher than this time last month, but 14 cents […]
Fire erupts at Russian oil refinery from Ukrainian drone strike
2 Ukrainian drones Attacked a major oil refinery A fire broke out overnight in southwestern Russia, according to reports. According to media reports, Ukraine’s SBU security services were behind the operation of a refinery located in the Volograd region and owned by industry giant Lukoil. Local media V1 published photos of what it said were […]
Russia-Ukraine war live: reports of fire after Ukrainian drone hits Volgograd oil refinery | Ukraine
important events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ukraine informs US of plans to remove top commander – Report We reported earlier this week that the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, General Valery Zarzhiny, had refused to resign at the request of President Zelenskiy. Now, Reuters reports that Kiev […]
Power restored at Indiana BP refinery after outage forced temporary shutdown
BP said on Friday that power had been restored at its vast refinery in northwestern Indiana after a power outage forced the facility to temporarily close and employees to be evacuated. BP spokeswoman Christina Audicio said in a statement that power was restored to the refinery on Friday after Thursday’s outage, and that the refinery’s […]