Whiting Oil Refinery
The Whiting Refinery is an oil refinery located in Whiting, Indiana. It is the sixth largest refinery in the USA, spanning 1,400 acres (5.7 sq km) with a daily capacity of more than 400,000 barrels of crude oil. A 2023 study by the Environmental Integrity Project listed the Whiting facility as one of the worst-polluting refineries in the country, reporting it dumped 31 million pounds of total dissolved solids, 9 million pounds of chloride, more than 40,000 pounds of oil and grease, and many other pollutants into Lake Michigan in 2021.
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