U.S. oil-storage industry fines soar on air, water violations

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Fines for violations of air, water and waste regulations by U.S. petroleum stora...

HOUSTON - Fines for violations of air, water and waste regulations by U.S. petroleum storage facilities so far this year have exceeded all of last year - even without including two major Houston-area disasters in the last month still under investigation - according to a Reuters analysis of federal data.

U.S. petroleum storage operators have added millions of barrels of capacity since 2015 when the United States lifted a 40-year ban on crude exports. That figure does not include two incidents in Texas for which federal and state investigations are underway, but no fines have yet been assessed. Weeks later, a blast and fire at a separate plant north of Houston that makes an aviation fuel component killed one worker and injured two others.

 

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