Feds Declare Regional Emergency For Midwest States After Oil Refinery Has ‘Unanticipated Shutdown’

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The Department of Transportation declared a regional emergency Saturday affecting four Midwest states after a fire earlier this week caused an “unanticipated shutdown” of a BP oil refinery in Indiana. BP Whiting, the sixth largest refinery in the U.S. refining over 400,000 barrels of oil per day, shut down to undergo damage assessment after a fire knocked out the plant’s electrical power and cooling water systems on Wednesday, Reuters reported. The shutdown caused the federal government to take action and address the looming shortage of fuel output that will affect Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, states that collectively receive up to 25% of their fuel from the Whiting refinery. “This Declaration addresses the emergency conditions creating a need for immediate transportation of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel and provides necessary relief,” the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said in a statement. Sources told Reuters that the refinery’s restart date remained unknown as all of its units would have to be checked for damage and possibly repaired. Feds Declare Regional Emergency For Midwest States After Oil Refinery Has ‘Unanticipated Shutdown’ | The Daily Wire

Build new refineries? Who dares suggest such an awful thing for the environment!

 

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The Department of Transportation declared a regional emergency Saturday affecting four Midwest states after a fire earlier this week caused an “unanticipated shutdown” of a BP oil refinery in Indiana. BP Whiting, the sixth largest refinery in the U.S. refining over 400,000 barrels of oil per day, shut down to undergo damage assessment after a fire knocked out the plant’s electrical power and cooling water systems on Wednesday, Reuters reported. The shutdown caused the federal government to take action and address the looming shortage of fuel output that will affect Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, states that collectively receive up to 25% of their fuel from the Whiting refinery. “This Declaration addresses the emergency conditions creating a need for immediate transportation of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel and provides necessary relief,” the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said in a statement. Sources told Reuters that the refinery’s restart date remained unknown as all of its units would have to be checked for damage and possibly repaired. Feds Declare Regional Emergency For Midwest States After Oil Refinery Has ‘Unanticipated Shutdown’ | The Daily Wire

Build new refineries? Who dares suggest such an awful thing for the environment!

Refinery fires aren't common, but they do happen. I remember one in Arabia when I was a kid and ARAMCO had an excellent safety record.

2020 production doldrums may have led to neglected maintenance.

 

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Running flat-out has consequences.

Gonna get spicy with Motiva and Pascagoula going down next month and the first part of October......1.2+ million bbl/day capacity off line between those 3. Let alone smaller regional refineries going down for maintenance.

They declared another emergency for the NE also. No distillate in the NY area (again). There's no refineries left in that area now and they can't transport enough refined product from the gulf by pipeline. Now they're running tankers up the coast.

FJB is making threats to shut down distillate exports if the bad oil companies don't fix the supply issue.

Whitmer enacts state of energy emergency after refinery fire​

Whitmer enacts state of energy emergency after refinery fire