Where is the headquarters of the company responsible for the Red Butte oil spill?
Red Butte Creek oil spill The Red Butte Creek oil spill was caused by a rupture in a medium crude oil pipeline that occurred on June 11 and 12 2010. The Chevron Pipeline (CPL) is 10 inches in diameter and runs from western Colorado to a Chevron Corporation oil refinery near Salt Lake City Utah. A half inch diameter hole in the pipeline was caused by an electrical arc from high voltage power lines to a metal fence post buried a few inches above the pipeline.
Pasadena Refining System Pasadena Refining System, Inc. (PRSI) is a refinery company. The company has its headquarters in Pasadena, Texas, United States. As of 2008 it was a 50-50 partnership between Petrobras and Astra Holding USA, the USA subsidiary of NPM/CNP, and it is Petrobras's only American oil holding. The other half interest of Pasadena Refining System was acquired by Petrobras in 2012.