Delaware’s Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is ordering the Delaware City Refining Company in New Castle to install sensors that detect pollution.
The order comes after the crude-oil production site reported an extended leak last month. DNREC’s announcement said it first heard fromDelaware City Refining Company on November 27, reporting a leak of butane and other volatile organic compounds caused by an equipment malfunction.
The initial report said the leak lasted less than two hours and exceeded 1,000 pounds per hour…