Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur hit by fire after massive explosion- reports in General Energy News 25/03/2026 A massive explosion and ensuing fire hit a Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, local media reports and social media footage of the incident showed on Monday. Reports and social media posts showed a massive plume of smoke emerging from a fire at the refinery, while authorities issued a shelter-in-place order for some parts of the city. The Valero facility is one of the largest oil refineries in the United States, with a reported capacity of about 380,000 barrels of oil per day. It was not immediately clear whether production at the facility was impacted. Valero did not immediately respond to a mailed request for comment. Source: Investing.com 2026-03-25 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share