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Total Port Arthur refinery halts coker ops after worker killed

Total SA said coker operations were halted at the company’s 225,500 barrel per day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Saturday following the death of a contract worker. Production at the refinery has been cut back due to the operations halt on the coker, where the worker, an employee of Kinder Morgan Inc’s nearby petroleum coke terminal, was killed early on Saturday, said sources familiar with plant operations. Both Total

Fire at Washington state Planned Parenthood ruled arson

The blaze was set around 3:30 a.m. local time and caused extensive damage to the front of the structure in Pullman, the Pullman Fire Department said in a news release. Last month, thousands of protesters rallied outside Planned Parenthood locations across the country calling for the federal government to end funding for the health organization. Demonstrators were mobilized to dozens of locations, including Pullman, after an anti-abortion group released videos