SUGAR LAND, Texas, Sept. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVR Energy
confirms a boiler explosion occurred at its Wynnewood, Okla., refinery at approximately
6:30 p.m. today. One employee
was fatally injured. Another employee was taken to an area
hospital. Identities of the two employees and further information
have not been released. All other employees are accounted for at
this time. Initial reports indicate there was no impact to the
surrounding community.
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Company officials express their deepest sympathies to the
employees and families affected by this tragedy.
Company officials are assessing the situation and will provide
updates as information becomes available.
About CVR Energy, Inc.
Headquartered in Sugar Land,
Texas, CVR Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CVI) subsidiary
and affiliated businesses operate independent refining assets in
Coffeyville, Kan. and Wynnewood, Okla. with more than 185,000
barrels per day of processing capacity, a marketing network for
supplying high value transportation fuels to customers through
tanker trucks and pipeline terminals, and a crude oil gathering
system serving Kansas,
Oklahoma, western Missouri, southwestern Nebraska and Texas. In addition, CVR
Energy subsidiaries own a majority interest in and serve as the
general partner of CVR Partners, LP, a producer of ammonia and urea
ammonium nitrate, or UAN, fertilizers.
For further information, please contact:
Media Relations:
Angie Dasbach
CVR Energy, Inc.
913-982-0482
MediaRelations@CVREnergy.com
Marti Boone
Griffin Communications Group
713-823-6191
Marti@griffincg.com
SOURCE CVR Energy