An oil refinery caught fire in Krasnodar Region in southern Russia on Friday morning, emergency officials have said. Baza news outlet reported that the blaze broke out after the facility was struck by a Ukrainian drone. Baza posted a video of black smoke coming from the Ilsky Oil Refinery. According …
Read More »Explosion at illegal oil refinery kills 100 – reports
An overnight explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Imo State has killed 100 people, the state’s commissioner for petroleum resources said on Saturday. Illegal refining is a persistent problem in an area of the country wracked by poverty and unemployment. “The fire outbreak occurred at an illegal …
Read More »Saudi energy facilities, refinery hit by Yemeni rebels
Yemeni rebels hit Saudi Arabian energy facilities and an oil refinery with a series of missile and drone strikes on Sunday, resulting in a temporary reduction of production. Members of the Houthi rebel movement struck facilities belonging to the Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company – a joint venture between Saudi …
Read More »Massive oil spill at Texas refinery causes road closure, but authorities say ‘no danger’ to public (VIDEO)
The leak was first noticed on Wednesday morning, as local news captured video of the oil gushing from one of the storage tanks. Roads around the refinery were closed to all non-essential traffic for much of the day. The refinery deployed air monitors as a precaution, but local officials said …
Read More »Massive fire breaks out at oil refinery in Haifa, Israel (VIDEO)
The fire started at the Bazan oil refineries in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa late on Friday. Footage circulating online shows flames and a large plume of smoke coming from the installation. The refineries’ emergency team battled the blaze and they were joined by Israel’s Fire and Rescue …
Read More »EXPLOSION and fire rock Mexican oil refinery in Veracruz state (VIDEO)
The incident occurred at the Petróleos Mexicano (Pemex) refinery named after former Mexican President Lazaro Cardenas. Black smoke, flames and repeated explosions can be seen and heard in videos that have made rounds on social media on Wednesday. Mexico’s safety, energy and environment regulator ASEA reported that the blaze started …
Read More »Massive blaze engulfs Indonesian oil refinery amid reports of explosion (VIDEOS)
The fire at the Balongan oil refinery, operated by Pertamina, Indonesia state-owned oil and natural gas company, erupted on Monday morning local time. Videos purportedly filmed not far from the scene of the incident show columns of fire turning the predawn skies yellow. Huge pillars of smoke can be seen …
Read More »In Venezuela, burning a large oil refinery. Video
In Venezula was a fire at the country’s largest oil refinery Amuay.The nature and extent of the fire is still not currently known. When Wednesday became aware of a powerful explosion at one of the largest Venezuelan Cardon oil refinery in Falcon state. Venezuela is now experiencing a shortage of …
Read More »In Russia at the refinery burned workers. Video
Investigators are trying to establish the identity of the victims.In Russia opened a criminal case on the fact of fire at the oil refinery LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez, which killed four workers. The fire area was 900 square meters and was extinguished about two hours. As reports regional management of Sledkoma of the …
Read More »A powerful explosion at the refinery in Russia: there are victims. Video
According to preliminary data, in the result of incident there are victims. In the town of Kstovo in Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation at the refinery “LUKOIL” ignited a huge tank of gasoline. “Burning a tank of 50 thousand tons of gasoline on the commodity-salt production. The fire …
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