Global oil refinery quarterly: Mega projects ramp up runs

The capacity of the global oil refining sector contracted by 350,000 barrels per day in the second quarter of 2025 on the closure of PetroChina’s Dalian plant and Petroineos’s Grangemouth plant. While ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Standard Oil Refinery explosion that wiped out neighborhood marks 70 years

A column of fire rose more than 1,000 feet — nearly as tall as the John Hancock Center — above the Midwest's largest refinery after a massive explosion 70 years ago. Thick plumes of black smoke soared ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

5 things to know about the 1955 Standard Oil Refinery explosion that wiped out a neighborhood

• A column of fire rose more than 1,000 feet — nearly as tall as the John Hancock Center — above the Midwest's largest refinery after a massive explosion 70 years ago. • Thick plumes of black smoke ...