Whiting News

BP Plc on Friday shut a 75,000 barrel per day crude distillation unit at its 405,000 bpd Whiting, Indiana, refinery for repairs, according to sources familiar with refinery operations.

The BP refinery in Whiting, Ind., in this file photo. BP, under pressure from environmental groups, agreed to spend $400 million in pollution control upgrades to treat future emissions.

A It's taken four years and millions of dollars in lawyers for BP to finally agree to do what it should have done in the first place at its Whiting, Indiana refinery.

In an accord with the federal government and environmental groups, BP will install pollution controls at its refinery in Whiting, Ind.

The gap between the emissions cuts needed to contain global warming and actual reductions by 2020 is at risk of widening as countries including the U.S., Brazil and Mexico fail to meet pledges, Climate Action Tracker said.

CHICAGO — BP will spend more than $400 million to significantly reduce noxious air pollution from its massive refinery in northwest Indiana, the company announced today in a settlement with federal authorities and environmental groups that could set a precedent for oil companies nationwide.

In this July 18, 2007 aerial photo, a flare stack is in operation at the BP facility in Whiting, Ind.

Whiting, IN -- The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice imposed a fine on BP North America.

BP has agreed to spend about $420 million on fines and upgrades at its refinery in Whiting, Ind.

BP Plc, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Indiana regulators have reached an agreement that will allow the use of Canadian tar sands crude oil at the company's 405,000 barrel per day Whiting, Indiana, refinery, according to sources familiar with the deal.

A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Whiting man, a spokesman for the Northwest Indiana Major Crimes Task Force said Saturday afternoon.

Many Hoosiers don't know much about Whiting, a small city tucked into the northwest corner of Indiana.