Suddenly! Fire and explosion in another global chemical giant ｜


It is understood that the American Marathon Oil Company was established as a subsidiary of Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, USA, with 60,350 full-time employees. It is a petroleum refining, transportation, and distribution company, and it is the second only company in the United States after Valero Energy. The company's second largest independent refiner.


The Carson refinery is located in the California region. The region has a capacity of about 163 million tons per year. The Carson refinery is the top three refineries in the region and mainly processes heavy crude oil. The refinery has a capacity of 12 million tons per year. After the accident, the domestic market closed down severely, fuel oil fell more than 4%, and crude oil fell nearly 4%.


The recent epidemic is raging, and many companies' production and operation have been greatly affected. In less than two months from 2020, 11 fire accidents have occurred. For the casualties and their families, businesses, industries and society, It has caused extremely adverse effects. Let us take a look at some of the fire accidents that occurred in 2020.