Hearing on refinery closings to be webcast

The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee announced Tuesday that its hearing this week on refinery closures will be webcast on the committee's website: www.jec.senate.gov.

The hearing, which will be chaired by U.S. Sen. Robert Casey (D., Pa.), will focus on the impact that the closing of refineries serving the Northeast will have on fuel markets. Three refineries in Philadelphia are idled or threatened with closure and a fourth refinery in the Virgin Islands also shut down earlier this year.

The hearing begins at 2:15 p.m. Thursday in room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington.

— Andrew Maykuth