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    A refinery owned by Gulf Oil Corporation in Philadelphia, located at Girard Point on the Schuylkill River in South Philadelphia, caught fire on Sunday...
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    George C. Platt Bridge (category Bridges in Philadelphia)
    and even closed it for several hours during the 1975 Philadelphia Gulf refinery fire. On August 17, a fire began in a tank to the northeast of the bridge...
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    emissions. Major refinery fires include the 1956 McKee refinery fire, the 1975 Philadelphia Gulf refinery fire and 2005 Texas City refinery explosion. "U...
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    1976–1981 James Edward Lee, 1981–1986 Companies portal 1975 Philadelphia Refinery Fire Gulf Oil LP Willard F. Jones Bill Noël Mid-Sea Road U-PARC FTC...
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  • Democrat Chronicle, Rochester NY, Feb 4, 1939" "Gulf Oil Refinery- Philadelphia, Pa. 30 Years Ago. Tragic Fire Revisited". Firehouse. Archived from the original...
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    Sunoco (category Companies based in Philadelphia)
    store chain, A–Plus), including its Philadelphia refinery which was later merged with the former Gulf Oil refinery that Sunoco acquired from Chevron. By...
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  • July 7 – Pomona Hotel fire in Portland, Oregon. Act of arson, killed 12. August 17 – Philadelphia Refinery Fire, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, killed eight...
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    hospitalized after hydrofluoric acid leak at refinery near Delaware". delawareonline. "A fire at a Philadelphia oil refinery sparked an explosion felt for miles"...
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    Oil Refineries Located Along Texas Gulf Coast". Zehl & Associates. January 4, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022. admin. "World's Largest Refineries | Oilandgasclub...
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    Standard India. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019. "Philadelphia refinery goes bankrupt after fire". CNN Business. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019...
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  • internationally recognized as part of Ukraine "Suspected oil leak at Shell's refinery at Pulau Bukom; containment measures taken to prevent spread". CNA. 27...
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    Caddo-Pine Island Field to a refinery built and operated by Standard Oil Company of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The refinery continues to operate today...
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    America. Some industry remains in the area, including the Redpath Sugar Refinery. Similar areas that retain their industrial character but are now largely...
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    (8 January 1957). "Feu et explosions dans une raffinerie" [Fire and Explosions at a Refinery] (PDF). La Tribune (in French). Vol. 47e année, no. 273. p...
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    Colonial primarily draws products from refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast. It also uses a few refineries in the Northeast.: 6  The Southeast District...
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    produced in western Canada and the United States. Quebec's two active refineries have a total capacity of 402,000 barrels per day, greater than local needs...
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    Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a multi-ethnic population of about 86 million...
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    USS New Jersey (BB-62) (category Ships built in Philadelphia)
    the targets at Kansong; at the others New Jersey fired on railroads, tunnels, bridges, an oil refinery, trains, and shore batteries. She also engaged an...
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    List of battles with most United States military fatalities List of hotel fires in the United States List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the...
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    and ESSO-Pappas, a large industrial zone was created, containing refineries, oil refinery and steel production (owned by Hellenic Steel Co.). The zone attracted...
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    York. The ship stayed in Gulf to East Coast trade for about three months carrying oil from Beaumont to refineries in Philadelphia before returning to West...
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  • causing a large petroleum fire. There were no injuries. June 13 – In Pensacola, Florida, at least ten persons were injured when two Gulf South Pipeline natural...
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    Bombardment of Curaçao – German U-boat U-130 attempts to shell Dutch oil refinery on Curaçao. U-130 is engaged by Dutch shore batteries, but escapes. 3–4...
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    tax revenue; a new levy fell on licences, carriages, auctions, sugar refineries, and salt. The superior force and scantlings of the American 44-gun frigates...
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    Citizen, August 20, 1975, p. 21. "Philly Refinery Fire Kills 6; Gulf Workers Shut Valve", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 19, 1975, p. 1. БЕГ ЗА РОДИНУ...
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    turn of the 20th century, many of the area residents once worked at the refinery which straddles both Elizabeth and Linden. There are unique ethnic restaurants...
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    tobacco products; motor vehicles and auto parts; textiles and leather; refinery products and biodiesel; chemicals and pharmaceuticals; steel, aluminium...
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    assets worth billions of dollars were privatized, including banks, oil refineries, the El Al national airline, and Zim Integrated Shipping Services. The...
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    equipment and supplies to the KPA, the USAF destroyed logistics depots, refineries, and harbors, while U.S. Navy aircraft attacked transport hubs. Consequently...
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    3M and moved away to California. The 85,000 bbl/d (13,500 m3/d) Valero refinery in northeast Ardmore employs some 250 area residents. Ardmore is also home...
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