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BP Refinery Power Outage
FILE - The BP Whiting refinery in East Chicago, Ind., is seen on Sept. 21, 2017. BP’s sprawling oil refinery in northwest Indiana has resumed normal operations, a spokesperson said Tuesday, March 19, 2024, more than six weeks after a power outage prompted the energy giant to temporarily shut down the complex and evacuate workers. (DroneBase via AP, File)

BP oil refinery in Indiana resumes normal operations weeks after power outage, temporary shutdown

BP’s sprawling oil refinery in northwest Indiana has resumed normal operations more than six weeks after a power outage prompted the energy giant to temporarily shut down the complex and evacuate workers

By AP News
Published - Mar 19, 2024, 01:02 PM ET
Last Updated - Mar 19, 2024, 01:02 PM EDT

WHITING, Ind. (AP) — BP’s sprawling oil refinery in northwest Indiana has resumed normal operations more than six weeks after a power outage prompted the energy giant to temporarily shut down the complex and evacuate workers.

BP spokesperson Christina Audisho said Tuesday that “the Whiting Refinery is back to normal operations" at the site along Lake Michigan some 15 miles (24 kilometers) southeast of Chicago.

The refinery is the largest in the U.S. Midwest and sixth-largest nationally, processing about 440,000 barrels of crude oil daily, making a variety of liquid fuels and asphalt.

On Feb. 1, a power outage prompted BP to shut down the refinery complex, evacuate workers and begin flaring its stacks, which are designed to burn off remaining fuel stock in the refinery's system to relieve pressure and avert explosions.

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