After nearly two weeks, emergency teams finally extinguished several oil well fires that were sparked by a deadly platform blaze in the Azerbaijani portion of the Caspian Sea. A spokesman for state-owned SOCAR told the AFP that all the fires…
Zhejiang Explosion: Another Massive Blast at Chemical Plant Rocks China Another explosion at a chemical plant has rocked China's Zhejiang province The blaze was said to be "very fierce".Weibo This is the third blast to have hit China. The blast…
19 Coal Miners Trapped in Northeast China Are Presumed Dead - Video http://nyti.ms/1Ykhs2X BEIJING — Nineteen coal miners trapped for more than 24 hours after a gas explosion and raging fire in a mine in Hegang, in northeastern China, are…
Fire Onboard Petrojarl FPSO Blamed On Procedures A fire that broke out on a Norwegian offshore FPSO, was caused by a mixture of design errors and faulty operation of the HVAC system. According to Norwegian investigators, the Petroleum Safety Authority…
NEW DELHI (AP) — Airport and airline authorities in India on Thursday began investigating the death of a technician who was sucked into an aircraft engine at an airport in Mumbai. Air India chief Ashwani Lohani said the accident happened…
6 Still Missing After Chemical Tanker Collision (AP) — Six Filipino crewmen were missing Thursday after their cargo ship collided with a chemical tanker and sank off western Indonesia, officials said. Six other people were rescued. The Danish cargo ship…
On December 13, a satellite imagery of the disaster area was conducted. According to satellite images, the area of the oil spill after the accident on the "Guneshli" field in the Caspian Sea continues to grow, according to satellite images,…
Eleven contract workers were injured Tuesday in a boiler accident at chemical manufacturer Axiall Corp.'s Natrium plant in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle, the company said. The company said in a statement that the accident occurred around 7 a.m. Tuesday in…
Offshore Platform Gas Leak Sees Total Charged Total have been charged by UK courts over a offshore gas leak, onboard the North Sea Elgin platform, back in 2012. The French based oil and gas producer was charged after, an investigation into…
Fukushima Chief: "No Textbook" For Cleanup The man leading the daunting task of dealing with the Fukushima nuclear plant that sank into meltdowns in northeastern Japan warns with surprising candor: Nothing can be promised. How long will it take to…
