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Job done, Silver Eagle CEO resigns

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 11:02pm

WOODS CROSS -- Eight months after becoming president and CEO of Silver Eagle Refining, J. Michael Redd has resigned, saying he accomplished all he set out to do.

Redd joined Silver Eagle Refining as vice president of operations shortly after an explosion at the refinery on Nov. 4, 2009. His main duties were to improve safety measures and reconnect the refinery with the community.

Redd was promoted to president and CEO about eight months ago.

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Complaints of bad smell closes American Fork plant

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 11, 2011 - 12:25pm

AMERICAN FORK -- Neighborhood complaints of a pungent smell have prompted an oil refinery in American Fork to shut down.

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Families of 6 killed in oil refinery blast file lawsuit

Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times

Last updated Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 10:02am

SEATTLE -- Families of six workers killed in an explosion at Tesoro's Anacortes, Wash., oil refinery last year filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Wednesday, charging the refinery owner deliberately ignored dangerous conditions that led to the blast.

The explosion -- which state investigators concluded was preventable -- killed seven workers. Six of their families joined the lawsuit filed in Skagit County Superior Court. Also suing is a contractor who was burned but survived.

The lawsuit accuses Tesoro of failing to inspect decaying equipment and ignoring industry safety standards and federal laws. It said the refinery routinely pushed equipment above safe pressure limits because it was "economically attractive" and boosted production.

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