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…BP’s 413,000-bbld Whiting, Ind. refinery is expected to be shut down for at least a month for repairs. A malfunction is reported to have damaged a heavy sour crude oil unit at the facility, known as Pipestill 12, centerpiece of a refit of the refinery to run more sour crude from Canada’s oil sands fields in Alberta. Examination of the damaged crude unit was continuing as of press time…
…The R.W. Earhart Co. (Troy, Ohio) is acquiring Franz Petroleum Products (Deshler, Ohio). Details of the transaction were not released. With the purchase, R.W. Earhart will own and operate three bulk propane plants in Deshler, Holgate, and Bascom, Ohio, and expand its presence beyond its primary southwest and central Ohio service area to the northwestern area of the state for the first time…
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