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Gas nears record high in Wichita, refinery shut downs to blame
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsGas prices in Wichita hit their highest price since July of 2008, when the city set a record. Tuesday morning, the price of regular unleaded jumped 10 cents at most stations around Wichita to $3.89 a gallon. Jim Hanni with AAA Kansas says the last time...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Joliet, Automotive Equipment, AAA
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Report: 87 shipwrecks, most from WWII, could leak oil near US, but no 'ticking time bombs'
AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new federal report says. While 87 of the ships — most sunk during World War II by German...Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Politics, Government, Environmental Pollution, Oil Spills
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Tesoro is cleared to buy BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations
Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players — Tesoro and...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Auto Trends, Global Warming, Chevron Corportion, Environmental Pollution
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As Memorial Day nears, California gasoline prices rise above $4
Summer is coming. The long Memorial Day weekend is just two weeks away and, of course, average gasoline prices in California are back up above $4 a gallon. On Friday, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in California was $4.062, up 7.6...
Tags: Auto Trends, Petroleum Industry, Gasoline Industry, Memorial Day, AAA
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Tesoro gets state and federal clearance to buy BP's Arco assets
State and federal authorities cleared the way Friday for Tesoro Corp. to buy BP's Carson refinery, the Arco brand and other assets, and the Texas oil giant agreed to California restrictions on prices, jobs and retrofits to protect the environment. The...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Warming, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry
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Police fatally shoot boy they say fired at pedestrians in Lawndale
Tribune reporterA teenaged gunman on a bicycle who officials said was firing shots at pedestrians and police officers was fatally shot by police this afternoon on the West Side, according to authorities. The gunman, who is 15 or 16, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai...Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Firearms, Chicago Police Department, Shootings
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2 shot on South Side
Tribune reporterA 36-year-old woman buying food from a street vendor on Kedzie Avenue was one of two people shot Saturday night. She sustained a wound to the arm about 10:35 p.m. just north of the intersection with 60th Street in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, police...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Crime, Law and Justice, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Automotive Equipment
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Cops: Man lost fingers in homemade bomb blast
FloriDUHA worker at a BP gas station in Tampa dialed 911 Tuesday afternoon to report a man in the parking lot who had injured his hand with fireworks, according to a news release from the Tampa Police Department. Officers who arrived immediately transported...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Tampa, Explosions, FBI, Bombings
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Study: Gulf oil spill is sickening fish vital to seafood industry
The seafood is safe to eat and the Gulf of Mexico tourism industry is recovering three years after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the waters off Louisiana. But despite that BP-sponsored...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Mining, Science and Technology, Aquaculture, Consumer Goods Industries
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BP manager testifies at trial over Gulf oil spill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP team leader who supervised managers on the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 testified Monday that he was frustrated by last-minute changes to the drilling project, but didn't have any safety concerns before...
Tags: Justice System, Science and Technology, Halliburton Company, Emergency Incidents, Trials
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Stock spotlight: Occidental Petroleum seeks stability at the top
The nation's fourth biggest oil company, Occidental Petroleum Corp., is primarily involved in oil and natural gas exploration and production. It is also a major manufacturer of oil-related chemicals. The Westwood company said its domestic production...
Tags: Occidental Petroleum Corp., Companies and Corporations, Natural Gas, CEO Pay, Prices
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Problem Solver: Tainted BP gas damages van but repair claim rejected
Paul Goss had barely driven his van out of the gas station's lot before it started riding rough and making jerking movements. The Roseland resident had purchased gas at the same BP station in Hammond before, and it had been fine. But he knew immediately...
Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Roseland, Jon Yates
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