A large explosion at an oil refinery near the Texas coast on Monday shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced nearby residents to shelter in place, according to officials.
No one was injured in the explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) east of Houston, Mayor Charlotte M. Moses said. She urged residents in parts of the west side of the city to stay put, saying fire fighters had arrived.
The explosion comes amid a spike in gas prices driven by uncertainty over the global oil supply because of the Iran war.
But if the refinery’s diesel hydrotreater unit was damaged, that could likely exacerbate the prices of diesel and jet fuel, which have already gone up because of the Iran war… Even without the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the lack of production from this plant due to a fire would still affect diesel and jet fuel prices as it would “have a huge impact on the amount of diesel that gets into the marketplace,” Krishnamoorti said. But the war will make the impact worse, he added.
Most goods in the U.S. are moved by trucks that run on diesel, and increased transportation costs will eventually be felt by consumers, Krishnamoorti said.
Effective attack, assuming it was.
Terrorism? Poor maintenance? You never know when you’re pumping oil! 🤠
A legitimate military operation that will definitely be considered terrorism?
Port Arthur is the most depressing town I’ve ever been through. The homes are dilapidated and the backdrop is just giant cranes and pipes everywhere.
It is utterly miserable.
Also it’s the hometown of Janis Joplin.
So this comes shortly after a couple of fireballs mysteriously appear twice over the country. I don’t mean to shove a tinfoil hat on, but energy infrastructure does seem like a popular target these days…
Are you suggesting that someone is attacking the US with meteorites? And how do they “mysteriously appear twice”? How tight is your tinfoil hat?
You watch the final season of The Expanse? Be the perfect weapon.
Yes. But I have no reason to believe that space terrorists are attacking Texas. Even if they should be…
More like they weren’t meteors as the news stations claimed, but failed/intercepted strikes. Not saying that’s the case, I won’t pretend to be knowledgeable enough about weapons to say anything. Just seems odd we’re seeing a spike in rare events like that when there’s also a huge spike in drone/missile strikes worldwide. It just wouldn’t surprise me at all to learn some of this astronomical/meteorological stuff was more man-made than originally claimed is all.
Or it might aliens.
If someone were launching ICBMs, the only missile to re enter the earths atmosphere, the war would be a lot spicier.
And I’m pretty sure the only one stupid enough to launch ICBMs would be the idiot in the Oval Office. He’s already dropped the biggest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal, I’m sure he’s got a lil hard-on for dropping the biggest bomb we have.
Not necessarily ICBMs or anything. We’ve been seeing tons of evidence about how effective drone and missile strikes are nowadays. I’m just saying it wouldn’t surprise me if some of these things were actually small attack attempts. The US has certainly pissed off enough of the world to incite some, even more so than usual at this point.
The US has certainly pissed off enough of the world
Including locals.
Uh oh, fuel prices had a chance of slipping as the oil markets cooled down. Gotta drive them back up somehow!
Ooh, new USCSB video incoming soon.
If they’re not shut down, first. Can’t investigate a failure if there’s nobody being paid to investigate it.
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I’m surprised every time they’ve uploaded a video since all of the Trump bullshit. Still great quality, too. Hopefully they keep flying under the radar.
Iran attack? Or a trump attack.
I’m surprised the freedom lovers are willing to shelter in place.
I didn’t think Shaheed drones had that much range.
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