Emergency services are dealing with a "major incident" at an oil refinery in Canada following reports of an "explosion" and fire. Irving Oil confirmed the incident on social media and said that all workers were accounted for. Several contractors are…
A large oil storage tank exploded for unknown reasons in Goyang, northwest of Seoul on Sunday, sparking a massive fire that was brought under control after 17 hours. The tank, owned by the state-run Daehan Oil Pipeline Corporation, burst into…
At least 10 people were injured, four of them severely, after an explosion and fire at an oil refinery in southern Germany on September 1. The blast at the Bayernoil complex caused a shockwave that broke window panes in nearby…
The Wichita Falls Fire Department says a crude oil tank fire has been extinguished. Plains All American Pipeline officials say the fire was discovered on a 60-foot tank at the station on the 2100 block of Harding Street. All personnel…
Some 250 people have been affected by industrial gas leaks in the towns of Quintero and Puchuncaví, 100 km northwest of the Chilean capital, Santiago, and local authorities confirmed that 19 have been hospitalised. On August 23, the Interior Ministry’s…
BBC News Stated - Hundreds of staff were evacuated from a Cheshire oil refinery after a large fire broke out. Six fire engines were called to the Stanlow plant in Ellesmere Port at 14:16 BST to tackle a blaze inside…
Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary has recovered over 95% of the oil from two spills that took place this year, although the pipeline that carries crude to the coast for export remains closed, the company said on August 20. The…
Brazilian state-run Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) halted operations at its Replan refinery in the state of Sao Paulo after a fire on Monday affected the main processing plants for fuel production at the refinery. The fire began in a plant associated…
At least 45 workers were injured, two critically, on Wednesday after a major fire broke out at Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd's refinery in Chembur, an eastern suburb of Mumbai in Maharashtra, officials said. "After a preliminary treatment at BPCL's first…
Twin wildfires in California, known as the Mendocino Complex Fire, have grown to become the largest active wildfire in state history, officials said on Monday. The fires have spread rapidly in recent days to burn 283,800 acres of land -…
