*''[[BREITBART]]'': Massive Explosion at Texas Oil Refinery, Cause Unknown — Residents Told to Shelter in Place].
*''[[BREITBART]]'': Massive Explosion at Texas Oil Refinery, Cause Unknown — Residents Told to Shelter in Place].
:"A massive explosion ripped through the Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas."
:"A massive explosion ripped through the Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas."
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::Note: The Valero refinery in Port Arthur is ranked as one of the ten largest refineries in the United States and processes the heavy crude from [[Venezuela]].
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::Note: The Valero refinery in Port Arthur is ranked as one of the ten largest refineries in the United States and processes the heavy crude from [[Venezuela]]. See: [[Crude_oil#Types]] for how there are hundreds of different types of Crude oil depending on [[sulfur]] content, and how refinery [[infrastructure]] is built to service a particular grade originating from a specific [[geographical]] location.