SINGAPORE – A fire broke out at a crude oil refinery on Jurong Island on Tuesday (June 13). The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said the fire occurred within a crude distillation unit at the Singapore Refining Company's (SRC) premises on 1 Merlimau…
Police have warned they may never be able to identify all of the people who died in the fire that engulfed a west London block of flats. Emergency services are to spend a third day searching for bodies in the…
Five Dead In Oil Refinery Blast In China Five people have died in an explosion at an oil refinery in Anhui province in eastern China, according to local authorities. Three people were injured in the blast, Xinhua news agency reported…
USA - Fire Extinguished at Motiva Refinery HOUSTON (Reuters) - A fire was extinguished at Motiva Enterprises [MOTIV.UL] 235,000 barrel per day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana, refinery on Saturday with no injuries, a company spokeswoman said in a statement. A source…
USA – Fire at Lyondellbasell Refinery HOUSTON Firefighters responded to a fire at the LyondellBasell refinery in east Houston on Wednesday. The fire started at the refinery on Lawndale Street around 7 p.m. According to LyondellBasell officials, the fire was…
China Rescues 13 From Burning Oil Tanker In East China Sea BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities rescued 13 people from oil tanker Xinglongzhou 569 that caught fire after a suspected explosion around 5 pm on Sunday in the East China…
Fire reported at Petrobras refinery in Rio Jan 18 Fire was reported on Wednesday at the Reduc refinery in the state of Rio de Janeiro controlled by Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras, with impact on production, a local oil workers…
Saudi Aramco Fire Injures 8 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — State-owned Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil production company, says eight of its workers have been injured in a fire that broke out at one of its oil terminals. The…
Ship Channel Closed After Tanker Fire, Fuel Spill DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A portion of the Houston Ship Channel is closed to all traffic after a tanker caught fire and spilled fuel oil. The U.S. Coast Guard said in…
Romania - One killed, Three Injured Refinery Fire Romania's Rompetrol Rafinare Petromidia refinery is operating at reduced capacity after an explosion in its vacuum distillation plant on the night of August 22 that killed one worker and injured another three.…
