Nowadays, they’d be out of luck, because the flame at the Pine Bend refinery is mostly dormant. The safety device, known as a flare, is used so infrequently that the refinery now warns neighbors ...

Suncor Energy is planning a two-year construction project at its Commerce City oil refinery to tear down a 75-year-old flare stack that often sends flames flickering from the top, and reconnect ...

a safety measure used by California refineries to prevent dangerous gases from causing harm to the environment. The flares ...