Texas prepares for Tropical Storm Humberto

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The area is a major oil-producing and gasoline-refining center, but industry officials said they were not expecting significant impact on operations.

"We're watching it," said Valero Energy Corp. spokesman Bill Day. "We're not expecting it to affect operations at our refineries."

Valero owns refineries in Houston, Texas City and Port Arthur, Texas.

 
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