Statoil To Improve Helicopter Safety Following Fatal Crash Statoil has vowed to improve helicopter safety following the release of an investigation into a fatal helicopter crash, which occurred April 29 as the vehicle was carrying 13 workers from the Gullfaks B…
22 dead, 8 Trapped After Blast In Chinese Mine BEIJING -- A gas explosion in a coal mine has killed twenty two miners and left eight others trapped, a local authority in eastern China said Saturday. The blast happened Friday…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Legislature passed a measure Friday to improve the safety of oil transportation amid a sharp increase in the number of oil-carrying freight trains in the state. Lawmakers reached a compromise on the last…
Fuel-hauling tank cars need retrofits to prevent more explosive train wrecks — and the public can't wait another decade for the improvements as has been suggested by industry, U.S. safety officials said. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a series…
Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras on Saturday said it has suspended operations at a major offshore platform, citing safety concerns. The P-58 platform, which extracts 106,000 barrels per day, was taken out of service for unscheduled maintenance and to improve…
Charleston, West Virginia, July 7, 2011— A series of preventable safety shortcomings -- including failure to maintain the mechanical integrity of a critical phosgene hose -- led to a string of three serious accidents that occurred over a 33-hour period…
PSA Chief Insists No Compromise On Safety Oil price decline which began last year and has continued into 2015 has put a new face on the petroleum industry, with its features marked by worry and demands for cost reductions. “We’ve…
European countries are retreating from a Swiss-led proposal to strengthen international nuclear safety rules in the face of opposition from the U.S. and Russia. Less than two weeks before the Convention on Nuclear Safety convenes in Vienna to decide whether…
Substantial progress has been made on measures to improve offshore helicopter safety but there is still more to do, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said today as it published a progress report on the recommendations and actions from its…
