Worker dies in fall at Petrobras platform An oil worker died on Sunday while performing services for Petrobras on board the PCH-2 fixed platform at the Cherne field in the Campos basin. Vitor Geraldo Brito, 29, fell from a height…
Taiwan - Fire at Kaohsiung Refinery TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Large flames shot out from the chimney of a CPC Corp. oil refinery in Kaohsiung Wednesday after an equipment malfunction, causing alarm but no injuries. Fengming Village official Hung Fu-hsien said…
Mirrors Spark Fire at World's Largest Solar-Thermal Plant PRIMM, Nev. (AP) — A small fire shut down a generating tower at the world's largest solar-thermal power plant, leaving the sprawling facility on the California-Nevada border operating at only a third…
Firefighters Protect Canada's Oil Sands Battling Intense Flames EDMONTON/CALGARY, Alberta, May 24 (Reuters) - Fighting massive forest fires is dangerous and taxing enough, but those sent into Canada's oil sands are not only wrestling with one of the worst wildfires…
People living near a "toxic cloud" from a burning tyre dump in Spain have been told to leave their homes. Local officials ordered the evacuation of the Quinon de Sesena area, where 9,000 people live, saying human health may be…
Deadly West, Texas, Fertilizer Plant Explosion Was 'Criminal Act' A 2013 fertilizer plant blast in Texas that killed 15 people and wiped out hundreds of homes was caused by a "criminal act," federal officials said Wednesday. The findings were revealed…
Ukraine - Blast in coal mine kills at least 9 Nine bodies of miners have been recovered from inside the coal mine hit by an explosion on May 3 in the territory controlled by the militants in eastern Ukrainian Luhansk region, the…
ExxonMobil restarts refinery in Torrance a year after fire TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — ExxonMobil has restarted its oil refinery in Torrance more than a year after an explosion crippled the plant and led to higher gas prices in California. As…
Sudanese gas tanker explosion rains fire over capital Khartoum A huge gas tanker explosion in the Sudanese capital has reportedly injured at least 16 people, destroying vehicles and causing ceilings to collapse in nearby buildings. The sudden fiery outburst occurred…
Shell Evacuates Oil Personnel After Chevron Platform Bombing Shell has evacuated nearly 100 essential oil personnel from a major production facility in the Niger Delta, following a series of attacks from a newly formed militant group that has vowed to…
