A Marathon Petroleum MPC.N worker has died from injuries suffered in a fire that broke out on Monday at the company's giant Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, the company said.
May 15 - A Marathon Petroleum worker has died from injuries suffered in a fire that broke out on Monday at the company's giant Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, the company said."A Marathon employee has passed away as a result of the fire today at Marathon Petroleum's Galveston Bay refinery," company spokesperson Jamal Kheiry said in an emailed response to Reuters.
UU-3 is the bigger of two reformers at the 593,000-bpd refinery, which is the second largest in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Reformers convert refining byproducts into octane-boosting components added to gasoline. "Emergency responders are on the scene, and all employees and contractors are being accounted for currently," the company said in a statement, adding that Marathon had made all regulatory notifications.
The Texas City Emergency Management Department said on Twitter earlier that a shelter-in-place order was not needed.Texas City is located 42 miles southeast of Houston.
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