A large fire at Valero's Port Arthur, Texas refinery was swiftly contained and the same may be true of its effects on oil prices.

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,

An explosion and fire at a Valero oil refinery has sent smoke rising into the sky in Port Arthur, where some residents are being told to shelter in place.

A large explosion at a Valero oil refinery near the Texas Gulf coast shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced some nearby residents to shelter in place.

The explosion comes amid a spike in gas prices driven by uncertainty over the global oil supply because of the Iran war.

Valero Energy ​Corp completed the temporary shutdown of its 380,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Port ‌Arthur, Texas, on Tuesday following a Monday night explosion and fire in a diesel hydrotreater unit,

Kuwait says a power and desalination plant has been hit by an Iranian attack, as Gulf countries continue to face heavy retaliatory strikes on the 35th day of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran. Authorities in Kuwait said the plant was struck before midday local time on Friday. The extent of the damage is not yet known.

The explosion at the oil refinery in Texas comes after the national average of gas jumped from $2.95. a gallon to $3.97 a gallon in just a month.

Nigeria is set to increase the number of crude cargoes allocated to the Dangote Refinery in a bid to boost domestic supply of refined products as the Iran war chokes traditional global energy routes.

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO, March 25 (Reuters) - When Delta Air Lines bought an aging refinery outside Philadelphia in 2012, the move looked unusual. Most carriers buy jet fuel from suppliers. Delta instead bought a refinery that processes crude oil into jet fuel and other products.

State safety inspectors visited the Valero refinery in Benicia on Thursday to investigate complaints by workers, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned. The workers said they were doused with dangerous chemicals during a flaring incident last Thursday.