Investigators probe equipment failures and pressure issues in the Valero Port Arthur Refinery explosion, exploring significant structural damage and safety concerns.

Reports on social media described what sounded like an explosion at the facility west of Ferndale about 10:25 a.m.

Valero Energy Corp. has partially restarted operations at its 380,000-b/d refinery in Port Arthur, Tex., after a late-March explosion and subsequent fire at the site.

A massive explosion at a Texas crude oil refinery shot up towering plumes of dark smoke and physically shook locals’ homes before they were ordered to shelter in place Monday. A loud boom resounded throughout the western part of Port Arthur, Texas on ...

Massive explosions reportedly struck an oil refinery in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on Wednesday. A video circulating on

Dark plumes of smoke engulfed the Texas skies after an explosion occurred at an oil refinery in Port Arthur. While officials are still determining the cause, people online are speculating that Iran’s

HOUSTON(AP) — An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out Tuesday and a shelter-in-place order was lifted following air-quality testing, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air, officials said. No one was ...

With military tensions running high in the Middle East, the last thing cost-conscious consumers and volatility-averse investors want to see is more news that could push oil prices higher. Yet, there was a blip on that radar on Monday, March 23, following ...

💥 Explosion reported at Valero refinery in Texas Monday ◾️ Blast triggers large fire at facility in Port Arthur, local media report ◾️ Shelter-in-place order issued for west side of the city ◾️ Cause of explosion remains unknown https://t.co/DLRdGYYHSh pic.twitter.com/6hWUwNxGwg A large fire broke out following the blast.