The tweet reports a massive explosion at the Chalmette Refinery near New Orleans, stating that the refinery, which has a capacity of 189,000 barrels per day, is now offline. The author, Mario Nawfal, links this incident to a recent Chevron refinery fire in California, expressing concern that U.S. refining capacity is suffering multiple setbacks at a critical time. The information is attributed to FOX.
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A massive explosion occurred at the Chalmette Refinery near New Orleans.
unverifiedChalmette Refinery Refinery has a capacity of 189,000 barrels per day.
unverifiedChalmette Refinery Refinery is currently offline.
unverifiedMario Nawfal believes these events are occurring at the worst possible time.
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