A large explosion at an oil refinery near the Texas coast on Monday shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced nearby residents to shelter in place, officials said.

Valero ⁠Energy ⁠Corp has shut its ⁠380,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, following ​an explosion and fire at a diesel hydrotreater unit, people familiar ‌with the plant oper...