An early-morning fire on Apr. 20 at Neste Oil Corp.’s 2.9 million-tonne/year Naantali refinery in Finland has led to the shutdown of processing units at the plant. The fire, which broke out at 4 a.m. local time at an oven…
Durban - One of the men injured in a fire at the Sapref refinery south of Durban at the weekend has died. The crude oil refinery, a joint venture between Shell SA Refining and BP Southern Africa, confirmed the death…
BEIJING (AP) — China's work safety watchdog on Wednesday blamed an explosion at a chemical plant in southeast China this month on the factory's management and failings in local government supervision. The April 6 blast and ensuing hydrocarbon fire at the…
Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) is exploring the potential of newer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that could be used to augment or replace its existing fleet of four Australian-made CyberQuads. Firefighter and chief pilot David Rylance told the Association &…
Fire has engulfed the Kolo Creek-Rumekpe pipeline operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company in Oruma, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The incident happened barely five days after an oil leak from Shells Kolo Creek Manifold. Checks at the…
BEIJING (AP) — At least seven coal miners were killed and 13 left trapped after a shaft flooded at a mine in northern China, state media reported Tuesday. More than 600 rescue workers were pumping water and drilling holes from…
Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC) engaged Houston-based well-intervention firm Boots & Coots to assist in controlling a fire that broke out at gas well Olpad-31, near Surat in India Saturday when maintenance work was being carried out, the…
Lightning sets off a chain reaction and launches a wastewater storage tank into the air. The Associated Press reports that the fire started after lightning struck a water storage tank, launching it into the air. Hydrocarbons contained in the…
A Douglas County plant has reopened after a deadly refinery accident Wednesday. Officials say they've taken care of the problem, but residents told Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes they're concerned dangerous gas is still around. Hydrogen sulfide leaked at…
The PSA’s investigation of the incident on Scarabeo 8 during February 2015, when a man fell overboard, is now completed. Several regulatory breaches were identified. A man fell overboard from the mobile drilling unit Scarabeo 8 at about 04.00 on…
