December 4, 2020
DURBAN — An explosion rocked South Africa’s second-largest crude oil refinery in Durban on Friday injuring seven people, local emergency services said. Engen, which operates the plant and is majority owned by Malaysia’s Petronas, said a fire broke out at …
June 26, 2019
Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) will seek to permanently shut its oil refinery in the city after a massive fire caused substantial damage to the complex, the mayor confirmed on Tuesday after two sources told Reuters about the plans. A Philadelphia …
December 6, 2012
An oil refinery worker exposed to propane and acid at a Valero plant in Memphis, Tenn., died on Monday, officials said. He was the second person to die this year from an on-the-job injury. A worker died from injuries in …
August 28, 2012
The death toll has risen to 41 after an explosion tore through Venezuela’s biggest oil refinery and ignited still burning fires. Hospital officials in the western city of Maracaibo said on Sunday that a soldier and a member of the …