USA - Fire Extinguished at Motiva Refinery HOUSTON (Reuters) - A fire was extinguished at Motiva Enterprises [MOTIV.UL] 235,000 barrel per day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana, refinery on Saturday with no injuries, a company spokeswoman said in a statement. A source…
USA – Fire at Lyondellbasell Refinery HOUSTON Firefighters responded to a fire at the LyondellBasell refinery in east Houston on Wednesday. The fire started at the refinery on Lawndale Street around 7 p.m. According to LyondellBasell officials, the fire was…
Six Killed In Explosion At Indian Ammonia Storage Facility Six people were killed, eight injured and others are feared trapped when a cold storage facility collapsed in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, after a gas leak triggered an explosion. Local officials said…
Trump Budget Would Eliminate US Chemical Safety Board The Trump administration's budget blueprint would scrap the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB), an independent federal agency that investigates major chemical and oil industry incidents. The CSB has no regulatory power but…
China Rescues 13 From Burning Oil Tanker In East China Sea BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities rescued 13 people from oil tanker Xinglongzhou 569 that caught fire after a suspected explosion around 5 pm on Sunday in the East China…
Canada - Fire At Syncrude Oil Sands Site Extinguished After Two Days CALGARY, Alberta, March 16 (Reuters) - The fire at Syncrude Canada's oil sands plant in northern Alberta was extinguished on Thursday morning, the company said in a statement,…
US Pipeline Regulator Orders Action Over Leaking Alaska Gas Pipeline The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has issued a proposed order that operator Hilcorp fix a leaking gas pipeline in the Cook Inlet off Nikiski in Alaska…
Chinese coal mine caves in, killing 9 workers BEIJING (AP) — The partial collapse of a coal mine in northern China has left nine people dead, state media reported Wednesday, reflecting the stubborn persistence of safety problems despite years-long efforts…
Firefighter collapses, 3 workers killed in chemical fume leak A firefighter who tried to rescue three road workers trapped underground remains in the hospital in Miami. The three men worked for a construction company working in Monroe County. They were…
4 Rescued in Gulf of Mexico Oil Fire The Coast Guard and crew members of surrounding vessels were responding to a pre-dawn fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, authorities said Thursday…
