Environment & Safety
Cal/OSHA, Chevron reach settlement of citations appeal following 2012 Richmond refinery Fire
OAKLAND, Calif. — Cal/OSHA and Chevron have reached a settlement agreement for a comprehensive plan that will improve safety at the Chevron Richmond refinery and for surrounding communities. The agreement meets and exceeds California's landmark regulation to reduce risk at refineries, which was approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board in May and is currently pending approval by the Office of Administrative Law.
Saudi refinery operations not affected by transformer fire
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — The Saudi Aramco Mobile Refinery (SAMREF) at Yanbu is operating normally after a fire hit a power transformer at the gate of the facility on Saturday, a spokesman for a Saudi government body was quoted as saying on the state news agency.
S.Korea's Hanwha Total says naphtha cracker shut after lightning strike
SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea's Hanwha Total said on Monday its naphtha cracker in Daesan has been shut due to power outages caused by a lightning strike.
US court gives environmental regulator 14-day extension on methane rule
NEW YORK (Reuters) — A US court on Thursday gave the US Environmental Protection Agency 14 extra days to comply with a July 3 order requiring the EPA to enforce rules on methane leaks in oil and gas equipment, which the agency had sought to freeze, a filing showed.
Magellan Midstream Partners pipeline ruptures in Texas
HOUSTON (Reuters) — A Magellan Midstream Partners oil pipeline leaked some 1,200 bbl of crude on Thursday, triggering the evacuation of nearby homes while cleanup operations were underway, the company said in a statement.
Exxon fined over explosion at La. oil refinery that injured four workers
HOUSTON (Reuters) — Exxon Mobil Corp has been fined about $165,000 by US regulators for safety lapses including inadequate training and equipment maintenance over an explosion that injured four workers at an aging Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery last year.
Pipelines secured as wildfires rage in western Canada
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) — Major pipeline companies in western Canada created fire breaks, installed sprinklers and took other measures to protect operations as raging wildfires spread to more than 93,000 acres in British Columbia.
AER issues order to Journey Energy following two crude oil emulsion spills
CALGARY, Alberta — The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has issued an order to Journey Energy Inc. (Journey) in response to two releases of an unknown amount of crude oil emulsion near Winfield, Alberta that was originally reported to the AER on June 28.
Train derailment spills 20,000 gal of Exxon's oil in Illinois
(Reuters) — About 20,000 gal of crude oil belonging to ExxonMobil Corp was released after a Canadian National Railway Co freight train derailed on Friday at Plainfield, Illinois.
Tanker and cargo ship collide in Channel, no injuries, spills reported
LILLE, France (Reuters) — An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided in the Channel east of the British port of Dover early on Saturday, but no injuries or pollution were reported, regional French maritime authorities said.
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