The explosion comes amid a spike in gas prices driven by uncertainty over the global oil supply because of the Iran war.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Beard takes no pleasure in being right. In January, he told Capital B that he feared U.S. military action in Venezuela, which ultimately gave America preferential access to the ...

A massive explosion tore through a Texas oil refinery, sending towering plumes of black smoke into the night sky and prompting authorities to urge nearby residents to remain indoors. Local people described the force of the blast at the Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur as being so intense that it shook the ground beneath their feet,

A massive explosion and fire broke out at the Valero Oil Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, one of America's biggest oil refinery hubs. Black smoke was seen billowing up into the sky from the refinery. The facility processes roughly 435,000 barrels of oil per ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large explosion at an oil refinery near the Texas coast on Monday shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced nearby residents to shelter in place, officials said. NewsNation's Xavier ...

Crews have extinguished a fire at a Texas oil refinery after a large explosion sent plumes of smoke into the air and prompted a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents, officials said Tuesday, March 24. The explosion occurred on the evening of Monday ...

An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out Tuesday and a shelter-in-place order was lifted, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air, officials said. No one was injured in Monday’s explosion at the Valero ...

Sixteen years ago on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig started the largest oil spill in the history of the United States.