refinery
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Bowen cancelled his first trip abroad as COP31 negotiations chief in April when an oil refinery caught fire in Australia.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
It pumped out nearly 20 million tonnes of planet-heating carbon dioxide in 2022, making it the world's highest-emitting oil refinery, according to non-profit Climate Trace.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
In 2015, an Exxon Mobile refinery in Torrance suffered an explosion; no one was seriously hurt.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Australian miner Iluka Resources is also building a refinery in the country that will initially process stockpiled material from its mineral sands operations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Today La Venta is partly buried by an oil refinery, but in its heyday—roughly speaking, 1150 b.c. to 500 B.C.—it was a large community with a ring of housing that surrounded a grand ceremonial center.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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