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Exxon Mobil's U.S. oil refineries pump out far more lung-damaging soot than similarly-sized facilities operated by rivals, according to regulatory documents and a Reuters analysis of pollution test results.

An oil refinery in Artesia was listed as one of the nation’s top emitters of air-polluting benzene, a carcinogen known to cause cancer with long term exposure. HollyFrontier’s Navajo Refinery, situated in the small town in southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin oilfield and the towns biggest employer, was reported to have benzene emission levels higher than government limits, per a recent study from the Environmental Integrity Project. It was one of 13 refineries in the report found to have...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered a controversial refinery on St. Croix to stay shut indefinitely on the grounds that it poses an "imminent" threat to people’s health, the most aggressive move the Biden administration has taken yet to address the harm caused by U.S. oil industry.

The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending April 30th indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US rose by 60 billion cubic feet to 1,958 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 345 billion cubic feet, or 15.0% below the 2,303 billion cubic feet that were in storage on April 30th of last year, and 61 billion cubic feet, or 3.0% below the five-year average of 2,019 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have be...

The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending April 23rd indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US rose by 15 billion cubic feet to 1,898 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 302 billion cubic feet, or 13.7% below the 2,200 billion cubic feet that were in storage on April 23rd of last year, and 40 billion cubic feet, or 2.1% below the five-year average of 1,938 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have be...

Of the 13 U.S. oil refineries emitting high levels of this carcinogen, 5 are in Louisiana Halle Parker NEW ORLEANS -- A new effort to measure the levels of benzene, a cancer-causing air pollutant, along the perimeters of U.S. refineries found that five of the 13 facilities with the highest levels are in Louisiana. Whats more, the refinery with the worst emissions was Delek USAs Krotz Springs refinery, 45 minutes west of Baton Rouge along the Atchafalaya River, according to the report by...

People of color and those with incomes below the poverty line are more likely to live near oil refineries where air monitors show benzene levels that should trigger federal action.

A flame burns at the Shell Deer Park oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas. Three refineries in Texas are under scrutiny for again exceeding federal limits for cancer-causing benzene emissions, according to a A recently-enacted federal rule requires refineries to conduct fenceline monitoring for benzene, a toxic pollutant known to cause cancer. When emissions exceed a certain level, refineries are supposed to come up with a plan to reduce them. But in an analysis of EPA data, the Environmental Int...

Air Monitoring at five Louisiana refineries revealed benzene above EPA action level 4/28/2021 Cancer-causing benzene emissions from oil refineries exceeded the federal action level for five refineries in Louisiana last year, putting at risk the health of neighboring communities. Nationally, 13 refineries had benzene monitoring readings at their fencelines in 2020 that averaged above EPA’s action level, a regulatory threshold that requires companies to investigate and take action to reduce the...