A BP spokesperson, at about 11 p.m. Tuesday, said in an email to the Post-Tribune that flares had started at the refinery.

Smokestack fires erupt at BP refinery in Indiana by CBS Chicago on YouTube. Video posted on social media showed several stacks erupting with flames and plumes of black smoke.

Suncor Energy is planning a two-year construction project at its Commerce City oil refinery to tear down a 75-year-old flare stack and reconnect the pipes that funnel excess gases to a newer, more ...

WHITING, Ind. (WLS) -- A power outage Thursday at the BP oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana led to increased burning and flaring through the stacks at the site. BP is expected to restore power to ...

Flaring is a controlled burning of gases at a refinery which is primarily used for safety and waste management purposes. The process sees unwanted flammable gases directed through a flare stack ...

A wet-gas compressor failure at the Phillips 66 Billings Refinery on the South Side is to blame for large flames shooting from the refinery's main flare stack since Wednesday.

As of about 3 p.m. Monday, the flares had concluded, a BP spokesman said in an email. The Whiting refinery and local roads weren’t shut down for the flare, and employees didn’t evacuate.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. notified state officials Tuesday of a planned flaring event that kicked off Wednesday at the Carson section of the company's 382,000 b/d Los Angeles refinery and will ...

The oil refinery is located at South Union Avenue and W. 17th Street. The fire was visible on a News On 6 Osage SkyCam network camera and was at the base of a flare stack at the refinery.

The oil refinery is located at South Union Avenue and W. 17th Street. The fire was visible on a News On 6 Osage SkyCam network camera and was at the base of a flare stack at the refinery.