Greka has been filling an unlined pit with hazardous waste without a permit at its asphalt refinery on Sinton Road in Santa Maria, the EPA announced today. Federal Environmental Protection Agency ...

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a report of a structure fire at the Greka crude oil processing facility on Sinton Rd. in Santa Maria on Monday morning. Just after 9 a.m., crews arrived ...

In a little-known office space on Figueroa Street, the first round of an unprecedented series of hearings concerning appeals of fines against Greka Energy concluded with little fanfare last week.

Citing repeated delays and violations of environmental law, federal regulators Tuesday sent their own work crews to finish removing oil and contaminated water released into a Santa Maria creek by ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Greka to determine whether its Santa Maria refinery is contaminating local soil and groundwater. Greka conducts oil drilling operations. Its ...

Federal regulators contend that hazardous waste has been improperly handled at the Greka refinery on Sinton Road west of Santa Maria. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) The Environmental Protection ...

Greka Oil & Gas Inc. has agreed to pay Santa Barbara County $2 million to settle disputes over a series of administrative fines imposed by the county for alleged violations of codes, rules and ...

Chiefexecutive Randeep Grewal said the contractor was “actively discussing furtherdrilling assignments” with CNPC after the Shanxi province probe. Grewal pointedout that the dearth of CBM drilling to ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Firefighters responded to an asphalt tank fire that flared up near the Greka crude oil processing plant west of Santa Maria on Tuesday. Crews received the call around 11:49 a.m.

HOUSTON, Jan. 24-- Greka Energy (International) BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Greka Energy Corp., New York City, has signed four 30-year production-sharing contracts (PSCs) with China United ...