EVER thought about a career working on an oil rig? This stomach churning video filmed during a storm may change your mind. The dramatic footage shows waves throwing an oil rig off balance during the huge stors that swept over…
ATHENS, – Two crew members were killed when unidentified military aircraft bombed a Greek-operated oil tanker anchored at the Libyan port of Derna, the Greek coastguard said on Monday. The Liberian-flagged ARAEVO was carrying 12,600 tons of crude oil and…
BOGOTA – Three miners died and one was injured in a blast at a mine near Angelopolis, in northwestern Colombia, local press reports said. The explosion took place due to methane gas accumulation and there were 85 people working in…
A fire started by an explosion at the Husky Energy refinery in Lima, Ohio, on January 10 was extinguished the following day after causing serious damage to a section of the plant. No injuries were reported in the blast, which…
BEIJING — A gas explosion at an auto parts factory in southern China killed 17 people and injured 33 others on Wednesday, state media reported. Three of the injured were in critical condition, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The…
Two oil residue tanks exploded on Sunday in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, leaving two critically injured and another two missing, local officials said. The two blasts occurred at around 2:30 pm within one minute of each other at a…
About 4,500 tonnes of crude oil has been spilled near Horsburgh Lighthouse on the Singaporean island of Pedra Branca following the 2 January collision of oil tanker Alyarmouk and Sinar Kapuas, a bulk carrier. The estimate, by V.Ships UK, manager…
Millions of liters of crude oil gushed out of a breached pipeline in southern Israel early Thursday, causing what one Environmental Protection Ministry official called "one of the gravest pollution events in the country's history." The official, Guy Samet, said…
Muscat: A fire that broke out at the Muscat Refinery in Mina Al Fahal has been put out, Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) said on its website. "There were no serious injuries reported and we would like to…
Prime Minister Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk of Ukraine on Wednesday announced that there had been an accident at one of the country’s nuclear power plants, briefly setting off fears of a Chernobyl-like catastrophe. But there appeared to have been no radiation…
