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"Doesn't Look Good": Explosion Rocks Major New Orleans-Area Refinery As Fuel Markets Tighten
"Doesn't Look Good": Explosion Rocks Major New Orleans-Area Refinery As Fuel Markets Tighten
A fire broke out Friday afternoon at PBF Energy's Chalmette refinery outside New Orleans, according to the facility.
Reuters cited people familiar with the incident who said the 190,000-barrel-per-day Chalmette refinery suffered an explosion on Friday afternoon. The explosion can be traced to a reformer heater used to convert refining byproducts into octane-boosting components added to unfinished gasoline to make premium and mid-grade fuel blends.
The 190,000-barrel-per-day refinery is one of the major Gulf Coast refineries because it produces...
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US Throttles Intelligence-Sharing With South Korea After Nuclear Disclosure Row
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The United States has reduced intelligence sharing with South Korea pertaining to eavesdropping on North Korea following an alleged leak tied to sensitive information, according to local media reports.
But it is a major allegation that the government has dismissed as 'absurd'. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung took to X at the start of this week to write, "Any claim or action based on the premise that Minister Chung ‘leaked classified information provided by the US’ is wrong."
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Over 100 Democrats Join Thomas Massie in Voting To Cut $3.3 Billion in Military Aid to Israel
Over 100 House Democrats on Wednesday voted in favor of an amendment put forward by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to cut $3.3 billion in military aid to Israel, marking a major shift as Democrats in Congress have to grapple with the growing skepticism of the US-Israel relationship among their voter base. The amendment would have […]
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