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Chemical Engineer

[Michigan Men's Basketball @umichbball]

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[⚡️David Blackmon⚡️ @EnergyAbsurdity]

🚨Port Arthur Refinery explodes into flames

An explosion rocked America's 9th largest refinery (cap.: 369k bbls/day) operated by @Valero late Monday afternoon, forcing employee evacuations and shelter-in-place orders for nearby neighborhoods.

Here's what we know:

⚡️The explosion occurred in a 243-Diesel hydrotreater unit capable of producing about 47,000 bpd of the universal commercial transport fuel.

⚡️The refinery remains shut down Tuesday morning pending investigation and inspections.

⚡️Luckily, no major injuries were reported and all personnel are safe, though some of the plant's 770 employees suffered minor injuries.

⚡️The Valero plant specializes in the processing of heavy sour oil into gasoline, Diesel and jet fuel.

⚡️Key to note: The plant has served as the main destination point of Venezuelan crude coming into the U.S. since the deposition of former dictator Nicolas Maduro.

⚡️Until Port Arthur can be reopened, those cargoes will need to be re-routed to other, similarly tooled refineries in Lake Charles, Houston, and Corpus Christi.

⚡️Yet to be determined: This *could* cause further tightening in the Diesel market along with some minor price increases.

Bottom Line: Refinery fires always create catastrophic-looking videos like this one, but few really evolve into catastrophic events.

That's the case here: The Port Arthur Refinery fire will cause some minor displacements as repairs are made, but the market impacts will be small. Give a word of thanks that everyone is safe.

#oil #refining #portarthur #Valero #diesel #gasprice

[Philadelphia is a nice city and you should visit🔔 @PhillyGov]

It has to be Detroit right? 2003 vs 2020

[Joon Lee @joonlee]

The NFL will own 10% of ESPN, which licenses its name to a sportsbook.

The NFL will directly profit from sports gambling.

Goodell said in 2017, “We still strongly oppose legalized sports gambling. The integrity of our game is No. 1. We will not compromise on that.”

[Pardon My Take @PardonMyTake]

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[UFCStats💭 @TheUFCStats]

How Topuria vs Paddy goes

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: WW3 cancelled.

[JW @JWepp]

If I see my son guarding a 6’5 10 year old i’m checking in the game and we doubling that grown man

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

🚨BREAKING: Amazon to start displaying tariff costs to customers.

[Reek and Morty @reeklovesyou]

Shadeur Sanders pre-draft interviews :

[Dip Wheeler @DipWheeler]

"they're selling debt packages made up of coachella ticket obligations & door dash loans?"

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

The Mathematics and Physics y’all said don’t matter in life

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Nvidia $NVDA announces $500 billion investment plan to build and expand AI infrastructure in the US.

[Rob “Bobby” McIntyre @rob_mcintyre_]

Bryson DeChambeau when I put legal U.S. currency on him:

[Coyote Raider 🌵 @CoyoteRaider]

Update on the State of Texas collegiate picture

[mimi @MilanBrielle]

too many losers not enough people telling them they’re losers.

[Matt Burns @Burnsy381]

Wade Taylor hit this 3 and acted like he had just come back from down 3-1 vs the Warriors in the NBA Finals. Michigan finished the game on a 25-9 run, and Taylor fouled out. Sweet 16 baby. #GoBlue #MarchMadness

[Michigan Men's Basketball @umichbball]

WE KEEP DANCING!

[Hater Report @HaterReport]

No way bro pretended to do a line of cocaine as a celebration 😭😭😭