Bankruptcy Court Ruling Secures $93M in Additional Coverage for Refinery Owners December 20, 2021 By Jim Sams The owner of a Philadelphia refinery that was shut down after a June 2019 explosion secured at least $93 million...
150 Years of Spills: Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Highlights Toxic Legacy of Fossil Fuels February 17, 2021 By Laila Kearney and Valerie Volcovici PHILADELPHIA — Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a...
U.S. Refining Capacity Poised For First Big Drop in Nearly a Decade August 5, 2020 By Laura Sanicola and Erwin Seba NEW YORK/HOUSTON — U.S. oil refining capacity this year could decline by the largest amount in nearly a decade as...
Sale of Philadelphia Refinery Nears; Foes Vow Long Legal Fight February 13, 2020 By Laila Kearney NEW YORK — Opponents of Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ bankruptcy plan have vowed a long legal fight if a federal court...
U.S. Refiners, Chemical Makers Pare Insurance Coverage as Accidents Boost Costs January 31, 2020 By Laura Sanicola U.S. refineries and petrochemical plants are cutting back on insurance because several years of severe accidents have driven up the...
Fire-Damaged Philadelphia Oil Refinery Heads for Auction January 17, 2020 By Laila Kearney NEW YORK — The fate of the largest East Coast oil refinery is set to be decided on Friday in...
United Steelworkers Sues EPA Over Weakening of Chemical Safety Rule January 10, 2020 By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK — The United Steelworkers sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal court on Thursday in a bid...
Bankrupt Philadelphia Refinery Expects Second Insurance Payment December 16, 2019 By Laura Sanicola Insurers of Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) have indicated they will make a second payment of $15 million from its property...
Cause of Philadelphia Fire Sounds Alarm Over Aging U.S. Refineries November 6, 2019 By Laila Kearney PHILADELPHIA — How did a piece of piping installed when Richard Nixon was U.S. president go without once being checked...
Safety Board Says Corroded Pipe Led to Philadelphia Refinery Fire October 16, 2019 By Laila Kearney NEW YORK, Oct 16 — An old, degraded piece of metal pipe that had not been tested for corrosion led...