Kinder Morgan Gas Refinery Busted in Massive Saturday Afternoon Burn-off in Bluebell Oilfield

(EnviroNews Utah) – We’ve been seeing a lot of this sort of thing lately and concerned citizens have been sending us clips almost on a weekly basis. What’s that you might ask? Huge burn-offs coming from atop oil and gas refining plants, and for some “strange” reason, it…

Big West Oil Caught in Large Morning Flare With Billowing Black Smoke

(EnviroNews Utah via Community Watch Blog) – Well, Big West Oil Refinery in North Salt Lake is at it again. What’s that you ask? Only pumping off large flares with accompanying funky black smoke. This episode was sent into EnviroNews Utah by two local citizen journalists who saw…

Holly Refinery Caught in Nighttime Flare-off Again

(EnviroNews Utah) – On Thursday February 28th, Holly Refinery was observed with a huge flare atop one of their stacks that started at approximately 9 PM and persisted for at least 4 hours. This is the same Holly Refinery that has recently applied for an expansion permit for…

Yet Another Nighttime Burn-off at Good Ol’ Holly Refinery – Holly Nabbed Again by Neighborhood Citizen Journalists

(EnviroNews Utah via Community Watch Blog) – Holly Frontier aka Holly Refinery has come under scrutiny as of late — The reason: the company’s proposed operational and pollution expansion. Many local observers claim that Holly has consistently been the most irresponsible operator on “Refinery Row” in South Davis…

Nighttime Tesoro Refinery Bypass Caught on Tape by EnviroNews Utah on “RED AIR” Day

(EnviroNews Utah) – Although Utah’s infamous “RED AIR DAY” warning signs have been mysteriously out of commission through one of the most hazardous air pollution streaks in modern history, Utah’s citizens are no strangers to what is asked of them when the pollution get’s bad. Everyone knows that…

Nighttime Reconnaissance Mission by Neighborhood Citizen-Journalist Met By Angry Plant Workers While Capturing Huge Burn-Off at Holly Oil Refinery

(EnviroNews Utah via Community Watch Blog) — This was fed into the EnviroNews Utah EnviroNews Community Watch Blog via a brave and frustrated citizen who took to a nighttime reconnaissance mission of Holly Oil Refinery with a video camera as his weapon. EnviroNews Utah has documented numerous frustrated…

Emergency Bypass for the Record Books at Holly Oil Refinery

(EnviroNews Utah) – This is an emergency bypass filmed at Holly Oil Refinery directly following the massive explosion at Silver Eagle Refinery November, 4 2009 in South Davis County. While all other media sources were talking about Silver Eagle, EnviroNews Utah was covering this incredible display of…