Chevron Refinery Fire Stories
A list of the most recent stories about Chevron Refinery Fire.
California budget triples refinery inspectors
California would nearly triple the number of oil refinery safety inspectors under a proposal on the governor's desk that backers say would help close regulatory gaps that federal investigators found played a role in the fire at Chevron's Richmond refinery last year. One of more than two dozen budget-related bills ...
Richmond City Council set to vote on lawsuit against Chevron
The Richmond City Council was set to vote Tuesday night on whether to move forward with a lawsuit against Chevron over a massive fire at the oil company's local refinery last August. The council voted 5-2 last month to have city staff draft a contract with the law firm Cotchett, ...
Federal board calls for tougher rules on refineries
Federal investigators on Monday called on California to strengthen oversight of refineries after a probe into the cause of an intense fire at Chevron Corp.'s Richmond refinery found numerous company and regulatory lapses that, if reversed, could have averted the accident. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released an interim investigative ...
Refinery fire report critical of Chevron's oversight and response
Corrosion that damaged a steel pipe led to a disastrous fire at Chevron's Richmond refinery last August, oil company officials confirmed in a report released Friday. The investigation report was submitted to Contra Costa Health Services on the Aug. 6 refinery fire that sent a toxic plume of smoke into ...
Report: Chevron should have replaced leaky pipe
Government investigators said Wednesday a decades-old pipe that leaked and fed a massive fire at a Chevron refinery in Richmond was corroded, and the company knew it should have been replaced. The report issued by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board and California Division of Occupational Safety and Health found the ...
Cal/OSHA levies record fine in Richmond refinery explosion
State officials issued 25 citations against Chevron Wednesday with proposed penalties totaling nearly $1 million for state safety standard violations related to last year’s Richmond refinery explosion and fire. In issuing the largest fine in its history, the California Division of Occupational Safety & Health said the citations include eleven ...
Chevron focusing on safety improvements at Richmond refinery
Chevron has paid about $10 million to cover medical expenses and other claims in the wake of the fire at its Richmond refinery on Aug. 6 and is updating its equipment and safety procedures to prevent a similar incident, representatives from the oil company said Tuesday. Most of those payouts ...
Chevron says it has paid $10 million since Richmond refinery fire
Chevron Corp. has paid about $10 million and has begun what's being termed "corrective actions" after a fire last summer at its Richmond refinery, company officials said. In a report filed with the Contra Costa County Health Services Department on Monday, the San Ramon, Calif.-based oil giant said it has ...
Feds: Chevron employees may have caused leak, refinery fire
Officials investigating last year's Chevron refinery fire were suggesting Friday that the company's own first responders might have made the problem worse. The fire that incinerated and crippled the Chevron refinery last August began with a tiny, but visible leak that looked like steam. Initial reports from the U.S. Chemical ...
Feds: Chevron refinery crews may have damaged pipe
Chevron firefighters responding to a small California refinery leak last summer may have accidentally punctured a main pipeline before a massive blaze, federal investigators said. A crude oil unit of the Richmond refinery burned on Aug. 6 and sent a cloud of gas and black smoke over residential areas. Thousands ...
Dispute could delay Chevron refinery repairs
Chevron's plan to get its Richmond refinery back to full operating capacity following a massive fire could be slowed by a dispute over the type of piping it wants to use to make repairs. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Chevron plans to replace an old pipe that failed with ...
Chevron officials set to update officials on refinery repairs
Chevron officials were slated to address the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's board of directors on Monday about the progress of repairs to the crude oil unit at the company's Richmond refinery that was damaged during a major fire in August. At the San Francisco meeting, air quality management ...
State Senate scrutinizes refineries over gas price spikes
Oil refineries were under the microscope Thursday as the state Senate committee on Bay Area transportation held a hearing into this year's unprecedented chain of gasoline price spikes. Out of the state's eight largest gasoline price spikes in the last 15 years, four happened this year including one hike that ...
Damaged Chevron refinery will not install latest pollution control equipment
Chevron does not plan to increase production at its fire-damaged Richmond refinery after repairs are made, allowing it to forego requirements to install the newest clean-air technologies, the company said. A section of the refinery was damaged in an Aug. 6 fire, which sent a cloud of black smoke into ...
No major pollution upgrades expected at refinery
Chevron does not plan to increase production at its fire-damaged Richmond refinery after repairs are made, allowing it to forego requirements to install the newest clean-air technologies, the company said. A section of the refinery was damaged in an Aug. 6 fire, which sent a cloud of black smoke into ...
KTVU investigates Chevron refinery's inspection records
The Chevron refinery in Richmond remains crippled following the Aug. 6 fire, though repairs are reported to be on the fast track. But was the fire was an aberration or the culmination of a long series of events? "One of the things that lead to the disaster, Chevron kept running ...
Corrosion linked to 2011 Chevron refinery fire
Corrosion that went unchecked -- the suspected cause of a fire at Chevron Corp.'s Richmond refinery in August -- has been linked to a fire at the plant in October 2011, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday. According to state inspection documents obtained by The Chronicle, a state Division of ...
Richmond City Council calls on Chevron to improve safety, invest in community
Richmond's city council is taking a tougher stance on Chevron. The council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night laying out specific expectations of the oil giant two months after a massive fire in a crude oil unit at its Richmond refinery spewed toxin-filled smoke into the air and sickened some ...
Richmond city council set to ask Chevron to invest in city
Many Richmond residents have been highly critical of Chevron following a recent massive fire at the refinery, and now the city is planning to reach out to Chevron hoping the oil company will help revitalize a depressed area in the community. Richmond City Council plans to issue a resolution Tuesday ...
Chevron answers charges it tried to avoid air regulations
Almost 200 people turned out for a community meeting in Richmond Monday night where Chevron talked about the August 6th fire at its Richmond refinery and answered accusations that the company was intentionally skirting air quality laws. The meeting wrapped at around 9:30 p.m. Residents learned more details about what ...
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