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Environmental authorities ordered Petroleos Mexicanos, the state oil company, to curtail processing at one of the country’s largest refineries due to a deterioration of air quality, undermining the company’s plans to boost fuelmaking. The Tula refinery, the closest to Mexico City’s metropolitan area where more than 20 million people live, was ordered to ...
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A barge hit a bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a small island, officials said. The bridge that leads to Pelican Island, located just north of Galveston, was hit by a barge around 9:30 a.m., said Ronnie Varela, with the Galveston’s Office of Emergency Management. Varela did not have ...