Oil refineries aren’t being spared as Covid-19 sweeps through Texas, which is setting records for new infections and hospitalizations in the U.S. almost daily. The second-biggest U.S. refinery, Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s Galveston Bay plant in Texas City, has well over 100 confirmed cases of the virus, people familiar with operations said. At least four other refineries also have workers who’ve tested positive. Texas on Wednesday posted its second record day of virus deaths, bringing total fatalities in the state to 2,813. Virus cases rose 4.7%, exceeding the seven-day average of 4% and hospitalizations jumped 3.5%. The outbreak at the 585,000 barrel-a-day Galveston Bay plant comes as employees there are wrapping up a major turnaround that brought in more than 500 contractors. Work remains on schedule to be competed within about 2 weeks, the people said. “We have […]