Philipines - Chemical Leak Injures 31 Davao City – Thirty one residents, including 10 children, in Lasang, Davao City were downed when liquid chlorine from the tank valve of a company leaked at around 2:30 a.m. yesterday. The company which…
Three Feared Dead In Agip Oil pipeline explosion The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has confirmed another pipeline blast at an oil field, operated by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Bayelsa, killing three people. The…
Taiwan's efforts to prevent ship oil spill A salvage operation has been launched to drain the tank of a cargo ship grounded off the coast of Taiwan and leaking oil. Taiwan has launched a salvage operation to drain the tank…
US and China Create Largest Nuclear Security Center in Asia-Pacific China and the U.S. launched the State Nuclear Security Technology Center, the largest nuclear security center in the Asia-Pacific region, a project both countries cooperated to finance. Located in the…
Attackers Fire Rockets at BP/Statoil Gas Facility in Algerian Sahara ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Unknown attackers fired rockets at a gas facility in the Sahara Desert in Algeria on Friday, energy groups Statoil and BP said. There were no immediate…
China - Five killed In Fuel Tanker Blast – Video AT LEAST five people have died on a motorway after a tanker full of petrol suddenly exploded. Click here for Video As well as the confirmed deaths, paramedics have reported…
Fire System Activation Kills Eight In Thai Bank Headquarters A contractor hired to improve the fire extinguishing system at Siam Commercial Bank’s head office in Bangkok activated the system with staff inside, asphyxiating eight and injuring another seven staff. In…
Brazil - Petrobras FPSO Platform Fire Brazilian oil company Petrobras has suspended production after its P-48 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform caught fire. Reported by the Sindipetro-NF workers union, Petrobras said that the fire began in Module 4…
Containing Fukushima's 760,000 Tons Of Radioactive Water May Be 9-Year Fight TOKYO (AP) — After battling radioactive water leaks for five years at Japan's crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, the utility that ran it says it will need another four to…
Qatar – On-Shore Oil Platform Blast Injures 6 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fire broke out on an onshore rig run by the subsidiary of a Qatar-based drilling company, injuring six workers, the firm said Monday, in the second…
