Whiting Refinery’s operations have been impacted by the numerous thunderstorms early morning on Tuesday, August 19, a press release despatched to Rigzone by a BP spokesperson on August 20 famous.
“Our crews stay on-site to handle impacts from these storms. Our response efforts are progressing and the scenario is bettering,” that assertion stated.
“The sheen beforehand noticed on 121st Avenue in Whiting has been eliminated and the road has been reopened to the general public between Schrage Ave. and Entrance St,” it added.
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“The sheen noticed yesterday instantly adjoining to one of many Whiting Refinery’s Lake Michigan course of sewer strains has been addressed. We’re persevering with to watch this example,” it continued.
“Supplies will proceed to be burned within the flares as wanted to take care of secure operations,” it stated.
In that assertion, BP famous that Whiting Refinery has detailed climate safety plans in place to deal with some of these situations and added that the corporate had “response and operations crews on website executing these plans since Monday night”.
“Our prime precedence is the security of our workers, contractors, and the neighborhood and the atmosphere. We’ll proceed to watch climate situations intently and are ready to reply, as obligatory,” BP stated in its assertion.
A observe up assertion posted on the BP Whiting Refinery Fb web page on August 21 stated the Whiting Refinery crew “is continuous to progress work on the areas affected by this week’s vital rain and flooding situations”.
“All streets across the refinery are open to the general public, besides Commonplace Avenue, which is closed from Entrance St. to Dickey Highway as a consequence of excessive water. We’re persevering with to burn supplies within the flares as wanted to take care of secure operations,” that assertion added.
“We admire the neighborhood’s endurance as we proceed to handle this example. Our prime precedence is the security of our workforce, the neighborhood and the atmosphere,” it continued.
In one other assertion posted on that Fb web page on the identical day, BP stated the Whiting Refinery had beforehand deployed containment increase on Lake Michigan as a precautionary measure following the extreme storms that impacted its operations.
“Attributable to present wave and wind situations on the lake, we’ve got deployed further increase to bolster the effectiveness of this precautionary measure in these situations,” it added in that assertion.
“There are not any identified impacts exterior the refinery presently. We’ll proceed to watch the scenario and climate situations intently to take care of the security of our workers, the neighborhood and the atmosphere,” it continued.
“Additional, we’re persevering with to burn supplies within the flare stacks as wanted to take care of secure operations. We admire the neighborhood’s endurance throughout this time,” it went on to notice.
In a press release posted on this web page on August 23, BP stated the Whiting Refinery crew “continues to work on clearing surrounding public roadways”.
“Commonplace Avenue between Entrance Avenue and 129th Avenue stays closed. As we full our work, we’ll monitor the scenario intently to take care of the security of our workers, the neighborhood and the atmosphere,” it added.
“We admire the neighborhood’s endurance throughout this time and for any disruption this may occasionally have needed to our neighbors,” it continued.
The Whiting Refinery is BP’s largest on the earth and an important supply of transportation fuels, funding and jobs within the Midwest area, BP states on its web site, highlighting that the asset is situated in northwest Indiana, about 17 miles from downtown Chicago.
In accordance with BP’s website, the refinery processes round 440,000 barrels of crude oil per day and produces a variety of liquid fuels. The refinery employs about 1,500 workers and a median of about 1,500 contractors and helps greater than 90,000 jobs within the area, the location notes, including that, in 2024, the Whiting refinery spent greater than $1 billion with suppliers.
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