Explosion at Chevron refinery in El Segundo reported. Evacuations... underway. The smoke will be blowing across the region. Close windows. Oil companies and air agencies have a habit of lying to our communities when these types of things happen. #WeAreJustTryingToBreathe 🖤✊🏾💚show more

A powerful explosion and large fire continues to burn... at the Chevron oil refinery in El Segundo, California, USA. Coincidence?show more

🔥 VIDEO OF THE DAY: Massive fire at a... Chevron oil refinery in California Local media report a large blaze broke out at the El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles. No casualties have been confirmed, but the cause of the fire is still under investigation.show more

Drone attacks on Russia last night: ▪️ A military... air base in Yeysk, Krasnodar region, was reportedly struck; ▪️ In Kirishi, Leningrad region, the Kirishinefteorgsintez refinery was attacked. It is one of Russia’s largest oil refineries and the only one in the country’s northwest. The facility has been targeted multiple times and has previously halted shipments of petroleum products; ▪️ A powerful explosion was heard in Bryansk; ▪️ A fire is reported in the area of an ammunition depot at the Millerovo air base in Rostov region; ▪️ Explosions were also reported in Smolensk.show more

General Staff confirms strike on Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in... Rostov region This is the only operational refinery in the Rostov region and is used to supply the Russian army. According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a fire has been reported in the vicinity of the facility.show more

❗️Ukrainian drones struck multiple targets in Moscow and the... surrounding region overnight into September 20. The AVT-6 primary oil-processing unit at the Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya was hit. Explosions and fires were also reported at CHPP-22 near Lyubertsy, which supplies industrial steam to the refinery, and at logistics warehouses in Sofyino. Russian air defenses were active across several districts during the attack. #Russiashow more

❗️Ukrainian forces struck the TANECO oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk... overnight. The refinery has a capacity of about 18 million tons of oil per year. Russian media reported at least 12 people killed. A Pantsir-S1 air defense system failed to stop the attack. #Ukraineshow more

Ukraine strikes the last oil refinery supplying Moscow and... the Moscow region On Thursday morning, Ukrainian drones attacked Yaroslavl. According to a video analyzed by OSINT experts, one of the drones exploded on the territory of a local oil refinery. The Yaroslavl oil refinery was the last of four major oil refining plants that supplied fuel to the capital region and continued to operate after previous Ukrainian drone attacks. The video shows a drone flying over the industrial zone of Yaroslavl and then diving before exploding on the territory of the Yaroslavl oil refinery. The oil refinery in Yaroslavl is the fifth largest oil refining facility in Russia. It can process 15.72 million tons of oil per year. This plant is one of three oil refineries (the other two are located in Ryazan and the Nizhny Novgorod region) that supply gasoline to the capital region via a pipeline, and all of them have already been targeted by attacks.show more

BREAKING: Massive explosion at the Valero Oil Refinery in... Port Arthur, Texas sends towering clouds of black smoke and intense flames shooting into the sky. This is one of America’s largest oil refineries (335,000+ barrels/day capacity). Emergency crews responding with no injuries reported yet. We still don’t know the cause.show more

The end of the smoky pattern may be in... sight across the middle of the country and maybe the Pacific Northwest, but for the time being, smoke could continue to bring air quality and reduced visibility concerns across the region, especially today and tomorrow. There could be some smoke in the air as far south as Arkansas and Oklahoma!show more

Meanwhile, in Russia, a number of key facilities came... under attack — the Afipsky and Kuibyshev oil refineries are on fire. — The Afipsky Oil Refinery, whose main products are gasoline and diesel fuel and which is involved in supplying the occupiers’ army, has an annual processing capacity of 6.25 million tons of crude oil. A large-scale fire has been recorded on the site. — The Kuibyshev Oil Refinery, which produces gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, solvents — more than 30 types of petroleum products in total — has a processing capacity of 7 million tons of crude oil per year. Explosions and a fire have been reported at the facility.show more

⚡ Russian Regions Under Attack: Explosion in Residential Building... and Damage to Oil Refinery in Ryazan Drone attacks were reported today in the regions of Ryazan, Voronezh, Bryansk, Belgorod, Tver, Kursk, Lipetsk, Tambov, Tula, and Oryol. In Ryazan, a "Lyuty" drone crashed into a residential high-rise, shattering windows and causing a roof fire. Additionally, Ukrainian sources claim that the oil refinery has been hit. This marks the 9th attack on the plant this year.show more

Ukraine’s drones set a Russian Wildberries logistics hub ablaze... in Volgograd overnight and targeted another warehouse in Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan. The governor of the Volgograd region also reported a fire at a “fuel and energy facility” — likely the Lukoil-Volgograd oil refinery.show more

BREAKING: Ukraine has struck the Antipinsky Oil Refinery in... Tyumen, Russia with drones today, damaging Russia's largest privately owned oil refinery in one of Ukraine's deepest strikes at 2,000 km from the front. The Antipinsky Refinery has a capacity of ~160,000 barrels per day and is the only industrial oil refinery operating in Russia's Ural Federal District, supplying Euro-5 diesel and gasoline to the broader Urals/West Siberia region.show more

Russia’s oil keeps burning after yesterday’s Ukrainian drone strikes... on the main refinery in the Krasnodar Krai region. Most of the gasoline sold in Crimea used to come from that refinery. It’s will take the Russians some time to rebuild it. And then it will be hit again…show more