Four Killed In Explosion At South Korean Shipyard Four workers were killed in an explosion at the STX Offshore & Shipbuilding plant in Changwon, South Korea, fire authorities said on August 20. The blast occurred as workers carried out painting…
Nederlands - Shell Restarts Europe's Largest Refinery After Fire Causes 10-day Outage On August 9, Royal Dutch Shell said it would begin the phased reintroduction of units at its 400,000 barrel per day Pernis oil refinery and petrochemical plant near…
South Korea's Caltex Shuts Heavy Oil Unit After Fire SEOUL, (Reuters) - GS Caltex, South Korea's second-largest oil refinery, said it has shut a heavy oil upgrading unit after a fire mishap on Thursday. The blaze, which is now under…
USA – Fire & Explosion At Gas Plant No one was injured Monday night in explosions and a fire at a natural gas plant in southern Mississippi, authorities said. Jackson County Emergency Management Director Early Etheridge said the first explosion happened at 11:30 p.m., followed…
USA - Black Elk - Deadly 2012 Oil Platform Fire Settlement NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A settlement Monday brought an abrupt end to a complex trial combining 10 lawsuits arising from a deadly explosion and fire on an offshore oil…
Indonesia - Five Wounded in Coal Mine Explosion TEMPO.CO, Padang-A coal mine of PT NAL in Parambahan, Talawi Sub-district, Sawahlunto City, West Sumatra, around 97 kilometers south of Padang City, has been reportedly exploded on Monday, June 27, 2016, at…
USA - Three Missing After Train Collision Triggers Massive Fireball Three crew members were missing Tuesday and a fourth was injured Tuesday after a head-on train collision in the Texas Panhandle ignited a massive fireball, and forced the evacuation of…
Canada - Ontario Refinery Fire Imperial Oil expects operations at its 121,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Sarnia, Ontario, to quickly return to normal after a brief fire on Monday, a company spokesman said. A small electrical fire broke out in a…
France - Deadly Fire Engulfs Chemical Plant A body has reportedly been found in the rubble of a fire at a chemical plant on the outskirts of Lyon, in south eastern France. A formal identification has yet to be made,…
Deadly Blast At Turkmenistan Refinery Internet connections have been down in large parts of Turkmenistan following a reported fatal explosion at an oil refinery in the western city of Turkmenbashi. Alternative News of Turkmenistan cited unnamed sources in a report…
