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Valero shutting Port Arthur, Texas, oil refinery after blast, say sources

ReutersMar 24, 2026 4:01 AM

- Valero Energy Corp VLO.N shut its 380,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, oil refinery on Monday night following an explosion and fire at a diesel hydrotreater unit, said people familiar with plant operations.

The Monday night explosion at the 47,000-bpd 243 diesel hydrotreater unit rocked the region in east Texas on the Louisiana border, the sources said, with the blast heard as far as 11 miles away.

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