HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Thick, black smoke coming from the southeast side of Houston had some drivers wondering what was going on Monday morning. Some people who work in the ABC13 newsroom said they ...

DELAWARE CITY, Del. (AP) - An operational error at the Delaware City Refinery triggered the flare system, sending flames shooting into the air. The incident occurred ...

A power outage caused by maintenance activity led to the shutdown of units and flaring at Valero's 218,7000 b/d Houston refinery on Tuesday, the company reported. The incident began at about 11 a.m.

DETROIT, MI — Marathon Petroleum Co. would be fined $81,000 and will retrofit an air filtration system at a school near its Detroit refinery under a proposed settlement with Michigan regulators, who ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A recent gas flare at the Valero refinery in southwest Memphis sent a mist of oil into nearby Nonconnah Creek that will have to be cleaned up, state officials say. On Feb. 15, drivers ...

A large flame and black smoke on the eastern horizon Wednesday afternoon was caused by a power outage at the ExxonMobil refinery, a company spokesman said. Dan Carter, an ExxonMobil spokesman, said ...

Damaged equipment at the Torrance Refinery — owned by PBF Energy and operated by the Torrance Refining Company — is responsible for a three-day unplanned flaring event last week, the region’s air ...

Chevron says an incorrectly labeled electrical diagram caused a power outage at its Richmond refinery last November and led to a series of flaring incidents and the release of more than 100,000 pounds ...

Chevron Richmond officials did not immediately respond to a request for information about the incident, but sent a hazardous-materials spill report to the state Office of Emergency Services. In that ...