Galveston County alone is home to 22 refineries and chemical plants. Their level of emergency preparedness varies widely.

An explosion at the ​alkylation plant of Pemex's ‌Antonio Dovali Jaime refinery in Salina Cruz, ​Oaxaca, left three ​workers injured, Mexican newspaper El ⁠Universal reported on ​Tuesday.

Refinery fires and rig explosions in Texas almost never start with a single dramatic moment. The danger usually builds ...

Dressed in blood-red shirts, a group of about 40 people from the South Bay boarded a bus in Torrance early Wednesday morning and headed toward downtown Los Angeles. The group, all members of the ...

Richmond's democratic socialist leaders have long targeted Chevron, but residents worry pushing the oil giant too far could cost jobs and revenue.

A massive explosion rocked a Pennsylvania community on Thursday morning, injuring three people and damaging several houses.According to reports from WTAE's ABC affiliate, WNEP, police said a propane ...

THE EXPLOSION ACTUALLY HAPPENED OUTSIDE THE PLANT. THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED AT A SUBSTATION OUTSIDE THE PLANT. THE NEAR 100 YEAR OLD FACILITY IS SO LARGE IT NEEDS ITS OWN TRANSFORMER TO RESPOND. MEDICAL ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin ...

Join us on a journey to better understand Houston, one question at a time. Sign up to get the Houston Explained newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. On the morning of April 16, 1947, a ...

Ukrainian drones targeted a Russian oil refinery hundreds of kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the latest in a campaign of deep strikes aimed at disrupting Russia’s oil industry. The May 31 ...