Big Bay Area Refinery Blaze Extinguished; Plant Idled

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Tue, 08/07/2012 - 7:33am

Chevron Oil Refinery

RICHMOND, California (Reuters) - A massive fire that shut down Chevron Corp's large Richmond, California, refinery on Monday, was extinguished by the early hours of Tuesday, Chevron said, leaving residents and oil traders seeking answers to the hours-long blaze.

Senh: Oil traders were seeking answers to refinery fire in Richmond, CA? Dang, that guys are hardcore traders.

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