Pemex plant blast death toll rises to 24
The number of fatalities after a leak caused a deadly petrochemical plant blast has risen to 24, officials have confirmed.
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Production halted on Petrobras FPSO after fire
Production has been halted by Petrobras on its P-48 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) vessel after a fire earlier this week.
Petrobras refinery fire near Houston injures one, company says
A fire at a Texas oil refinery operated by Petroleo Brasileiro SA temporarily closed the Houston Ship Channel and left one person injured.
Two killed and eight injured in fire on Mexico offshore platform
A fire that erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico killed two workers and injured eight.
Pemex evacuates platform after fire breaks out
Pemex was forced to evacuate a platform in its top producing oilfield after a fire broke out in the machine room.
Armed men set Saudi Aramco bus on fire
Armed men set a Saudi Aramco bus, carrying employees, on fire in Saudi Arabia amid heightened tensions.
Update: One dead, seven injured after illegal pipeline tap
Authorities said one person had been killed and seven other have been injured after a fire broke out when people gathered fuel near an illegal tap on an oil pipeline in southern Mexico.
Update: Fire near Pemex pipeline injures seven
A blaze near a pipeline owned by Mexican state oil company Pemex left seven people injured after emergency services were called.
Breaking: Pemex pipeline fire leaves at least 30 wounded, after oil heist attempt
At least 30 were wounded after a fire ripped through a Pemex pipeline in Cardenas, the Mexican state of Tabasco.
Fire at Texas gas plant extinguished after burning for days
A fire at a Texas natural gas processing plant has been extinguished after burning for more than four days. An investigation is now underway into what caused the incident.
Survivor tells of 18 hour wait to be rescued from Azerbaijan platform fire
A survivor of a fire at the Guneshli field in Azerbaijan has told how workers were stranded on a lifeboat for 18 hours while they waited to be rescued. Malakhat Aliyeva told reporters strong winds had made it challenging for rescuers to approach the lifeboat, which had around 26 people on board. One person has been confirmed dead, while another 29 workers are missing, following the fire off the cost of Azerbaijan.
Video: 29 still missing after Azerbaijan oil rig fire
A search is still under way for 29 workers missing after a fire swept through an offshore oil platform in Azerbaijan.
Fire at Daewoo shipbuilding yard leaves one dead and seven injured
Police are investigating after a fire at a shipbuilding yard in South Korea has left one person dead and seven others injured. The incident happened at a shipyard owned by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering on Geoje Island earlier today. It is believed the fire broke out on an 85,000 LPG tankers where engineers had been carrying out welding work.
Fatal platform fire caused by leak in gas fuel line
The cause of a platform fire in Mexico earlier this year which killed four workers and left 16 injured was a leak in a rarely used gas fuel line which had corroded, according to a new report. The findings by Mexico’s Agencia de Seguridad, Energia y Ambiente (ASEA) on what happened on board the Pemex Abkatun Permanente platform will not lead to any fines against the company. The gas fuel line had shown what was described as an “unusual” kind of accelerated corrosion due the presence of micro-organisms and sulphuric acid within the gas.
Video: Pipeline explosion in South Texas causes evacuations
A natural gas pipeline explosion in the US has forced people to evacuate from their homes.
At least 11 killed in fire at Saudi oil company residence
A large fire in the basement of a residential complex in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich east has killed at least 11 people and injured more than 200, officials said. The blaze began early on Sunday morning in a multi-story residential compound known as Radium in the eastern city of Khobar. The complex houses workers for state oil giant Saudi Aramco, which oversees petroleum production in the Opec powerhouse. The company said an investigation has begun into the cause of the fire, which sent thick black smoke billowing from the building.
Six dead, 200 injured in fire at Saudi oil firm complex
One person has died and 30 others were injured when a fire broke out at a residential complex used by Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant. Saudi Aramco is investigating the cause of the fire in the eastern city of Khobar.
US pipeline shut-in after fire
A natural gas liquids pipeline has been shut after it went on fire in Colorado. Williams Companies said the incident occurred after the six-inch wide pipeline was struck by a third-party conduction excavation. No one was injured following the fire which was being monitored by the fire department.
Wreckage of sunken oil rig support boat found
The wreckage of a sunken oil rig support boat was found during a bid map the dozens of sunken ships sunk in the Battle of Jutland. The ship was believed to have to have sunk following a fire in the 1980s. The scans of ships destroyed in the Battle of Jutland 99 years ago have been made for the first time using 21st Century technology.
Workers evacuated from offshore vessel off North Sea coast
More than 80 crew members have been evacuated from an offshore vessel after a fire on board. Fire crews were called to the scene in Peterhead Harbour at around 3am and had the blaze under control within two hours. At the height of the incident 36 firefighters were involved in tackling the inferno on the Fugro Symphony, an offshore supply vessel.
Search continues for missing Pemex workers after platform fire
A search for three missing workers following a fire on a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico is still underway. The incident, which happened last Wednesday, killed four people and left dozens of other workers injured. The state-owned company said repairs have begun to resume production at the facility while the search for the missing workers continues. Pemex said it expects it will meet its output target of 646,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the region despite it being shut down on the platform following the fire.
Three workers missing after Pemex oil rig fire
Three workers are missing following the huge blaze on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico that killed four workers and burned for hours. Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said it became aware of the missing workers when it recounted personnel after Wednesday’s fire on the Abkatun-A Permanente shallow-water platform in the Campeche Sound. One of the missing workers was from Pemex and the other two were employed by contractor Cotemar, the company said.
Gulf of Mexico Pemex platform fire out, as fatalities total reaches four
A fire which broke out on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has now been put out. Mexican state-owned Pemex said there were four fatalities on the Abkatun Permanente platform in the Bay of Campeche. One of the workers was from Pemex, while another was a contractor working for services firm Cotemar. Two others killed in the fire have yet to be identified.
Fires put out at three oil tanks at Libya’s Es Sider Port
Libya extinguished fires at three of five oil-storage tanks that started last week at its largest oil port, helping global crude prices to stabilize. Libya is still seeking international assistance because of possible environmental damage, said Ali al-Hasy, a spokesman for the Petroleum Facilities Guard, part of the internationally-recognized government of Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni. Es Sider has tanks with a capacity of 6.2 million barrels of oil, compared with current Libyan output of 352,000 barrels, according to National Oil Corp.
Another rig fire hits North Sea
Another North Sea firm has been sanctioned by safety chiefs following a fire on board one of its offshore facilities.