Human creativity, it seems, knows no bounds when it comes to inventing new ways to build a petroleum-based fire inside an enclosed metal space and then convert the resulting energy pulse into forward motion.

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Not least of the government's worries was a violent fire that raged at the country's largest petroleum refinery at Korfez, not far from Izmit.

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It was originally thought the spill involved about 3, 000 litres of a chemical liquid, but the fire service said it was 775 litres of non-hazardous petroleum distillates.

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Adding fuel to the fire, the U.S. reportedly has no plans to tap its Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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The Petroleum Association of Wyoming says that 2-BE isn't an oil and gas chemical but is a common fire retardant used in association with plastics and plastic components used in drinking wells.

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