Now, change is in the air. Workers among the roughly 1,000 employed at one of the Houston area’s largest refineries began receiving layoff notices Thursday, a union representative said.

After more than a century of churning out fuel on the banks of the Houston Ship Channel, the city’s oldest refinery is preparing to shut down, potentially putting hundreds of people out of work.

A Houston company will construct the largest new refinery in the last 50 years in Brownsville, Texas. Element Fuel Holdings ...

LyondellBasell will begin the closure of its Houston-area petroleum refinery at the end of January, the company confirmed. The closure was first reported Wednesday by Reuters, which also reported ...

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB.N), opens new tabplans to shut its Houston oil refinery by the end of next year but could close it sooner if an equipment failure hits major units, according to two ...

HCSO is investigating with Harris County HazMat assisting. The LyondellBasell Houston Refinery, set to cease operations by the end of Q1 2025 (LyondellBasell) LyondellBasell has confirmed plans to ...

Major refineries and chemical facilities outside Houston were reporting operational upsets after a tornado was reported in the area Tuesday afternoon. The severe string of storms knocked out ...

FILE: The LyondellBasell refinery, located near the Houston Ship Channel, is seen in Houston, Texas, U.S., May 5, 2019. The refinery was found to have been responsible for dumping gallons of ...

After more than a century of churning out fuel on the banks of the Houston Ship Channel, the city’s oldest refinery is preparing to shut down, potentially putting hundreds of people out of work.