Forty-four sailors have been evacuated from two ships in the Gulf of Oman this morning after the vessels were hit in a suspected attack, according to reports. The US Navy said one oil tanker was adrift and on fire, and…
Three sailors have been killed in an explosion on an oil tanker and subsequent fire in Russia's Caspian port of Makhachkala, officials say. Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry branch in the North Caucasus region of Daghestan said that three people were…
One worker was killed on May 31 when a 20,000 litre ammonia tank exploded at a factory near the city of Tarragona in north eastern Spain. Another 14 were injured, including one who is in critical condition and was taken…
A University of Texas at Austin study has become the first to be published in a scientific journal to take an in-depth look at the challenging geologic conditions faced by the crew of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and the…
JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.’s "Scrum Force" at a Chiba refinery consists of four robots that can monitor the air, as well as deploy a hose and fire a water cannon. The system will battle blazes in hazardous locations…
Russia's health ministry says 79 people have been injured in an explosion in a plant manufacturing TNT. The blast took place Saturday in Dzerzhinsk, 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Moscow. An investigation is underway but the cause of the…
An explosion hit Cameroon's lone refinery Friday night, causing serious damage and production suspension, according to a statement published Saturday by the refinery. "We inform you of the occurrence of an explosion followed by a serious fire in our production…
Firefighters have finally managed to douse the blaze at Bikaner oil refinery after mega operations that ran for more than five hours. The fire that started at around 2 am in the early morning hours and soon spread to other…
A carbon dioxide leak on board a Chinese cargo ship, the Jin Hai Xiang, has killed 10 workers and left 19 injured. The incident occurred while the ship was undergoing maintenance work at Longyan Port in Weihai, Shandong Province, Eastern…
An ongoing oil spill that has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico for more than 14 years is finally being contained, the US Coast Guard announced on May 16. The Taylor Energy platform MC-20 Saratoga was destroyed by Hurricane…
