Shell on Tuesday said it was experiencing an incident at its Deer Park chemicals facility south of Houston, Texas, following severe weather, according to a company tweet, after a tornado was reported in the area.
said it was experiencing an incident at its Deer Park chemicals facility following severe weather, according to a company tweet. Petroleos Mexicanos also reported operational upsets due to weather at its neighboring oil refinery, according to a company alert.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the Houston area on Tuesday afternoon. A twister touched down in Pasadena, Texas, police said, damaging homes, buildings and power lines. The storm moved east toward Beaumont, Texas, another refining center. A "confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado" was reported on the ground near Pinehurst in east Texas, at 4:35 p.m. CST and moving northeast at 40 miles per hour , according to the National Weather Service.said operations at its Baytown, Texas, plant were stable following the severe weather, with no injuries reported.
Reporting by Arathy Somasekhar, Erwin Seba and Marianna Parraga in Houston; Writing by Liz Hampton in Denver; Editing by Stephen Coates and Bradley Perrett
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