The Valero refinery in Port Arthur, which produces 380,0000 barrels of fuel per day, sent smoke billowing into the sky after it exploded yesterday evening.
Videos show flames and a plume of thick smoke following an explosion at a Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Police have told local media they believe an industrial heater caused the blaze and there are no reports of injuries.
-- Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) Mar 23, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Oil-rich sh*thole Texas is a net recipient of federal money and automatically inflicts two good-for-nothing Republican US Senators on the rest of America every year.
Plus the Lone Star State has been poisoning our environment for decades: www.ecowatch.com
Ten-gallon hat Texas blowhards: "Watch out for the jihadists and Sharia law taking over America and never mind all the pollution we cause and our average 34 people getting gunned down every week!"
@#14 ... Diesel jumps 38% in 1 month as conflict threatens fastest US food price spike in years ...
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... The U.S. Postal Service is looking to impose its first surcharge on packages to cover the rising cost of fuel as the conflict in the Middle East strains energy prices.
The 8% surcharge on packages, not mail, will begin in April and is expected to phase out in January, anonymous sources told The Wall Street Journal. ...
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