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BP refinery leads US in carcinogenic emissions, group says

02/19/2007
Nine US refineries account for only 15% of the nation’s total capacity but represent one third of the carcinogenic emissions reported by the oil industry, according to a report released Feb. 8 by the Environmental Integrity Project.In the report entitled “Refined Hazard: Carcinogenic Air Pollution from America’s Oil Refineries,” BP America Inc.’s Texas City, Tex., facility led EIP’s list of refinery carcinogenic emissions in 2004.BP’s plant was followed by facilities owned and operated by ExxonMobil Corp. in Baytown, Tex.; Flint Hills Resources LP in Corpus Christi, Tex.; La Gloria Oil & Gas Co. in Tyler, Tex.; Lyondell Houston Refining LP in ...
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