An explosion and fire Monday, June 27, 2022, at Petro Star Refinery in Valdez is under investigation. A tanker truck exploded, causing the fire at the refinery. No injuries were reported.

Petro Star is trying to identify impacts on fuel customers in case the refinery stays shut down for an extended time, Sweeney said. The refinery has a total work force of 22 people, she said.

Jul. 1—A fiery explosion at the Petro Star refinery in Valdez earlier this week led to the release of 5,000 gallons of fuel that was either burned up or contained, according to a final state ...

The refinery was not damaged in the fire, according to a statement from Arctic Slope Regional Corp. Petro Star Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of that Utqiaġvik-based Alaska Native corporation.

Petro Star Inc., an Alaska refiner and fuel distributor, had a fire overnight at its Valdez plant, the state’s third-largest refinery. “There was a fire and it’s out,” Officer Leon Morgan ...

VALDEZ, Alaska, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Investigators are assessing the damage and trying to find the cause of a fire at a refinery at the oil port of Valdez, Alaska. The Petro Star Inc. refinery has ...

They will use a laboratory-scale test unit that Energy BioSystems and Vogelbusch USA Inc., Anchorage, designed for Petro Star's 45,000 b/d Valdez, Alas., refinery.