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Texas oil refinery in flames after explosion (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] joekar1990@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You thought gas was getting expensive in the Midwest before this could hurt if the plant is down for a while. Last I checked it processes roughly 360,000 to 435,000 barrels per day. It specializes in refining heavy sour crude oils into transport fuels like gasoline and jet fuel.