Chevron refinery fire News

Chevron Refinery Fire Blamed by Agency on Ignored Warnings

The fire at Chevron Corp.’s refinery in Richmond, California, last year that sickened thousands was caused by the company ignoring a decade’s worth of calls for inspections and upgrades of piping that eventually corroded and failed, a federal safety report …

One Dead as Fire Hits Chevron Refinery in Mississippi

A Chevron Corp worker was killed in a fire that broke out early Friday morning at a cracking unit at the U.S. oil company’s 330,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Pascagoula, Miss. Tonya Graddy, an “operator” with 5 years of service, was killed …

Safety vs Enforcement: Agencies at Odds Over Chevron Probe

The federal government is fighting with itself over a massive fire at a Chevron refinery in California that sent 15,000 people to hospitals with respiratory ailments. In one corner is the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, which conducted …