by Dale | Mar 29, 2023 | Fire and Safety, Petroleum Industry
A fire erupts at the Pertamina Fuel Storage facility in Jakarta, Indonesia. This devastating outbreak has reportedly killed up to 33 people and left several more missing and/or wounded. Image Courtesy of BBC News Image and original story courtesy of...
by Dale | Oct 22, 2021 | Fire and Safety, Petroleum Industry
It’s reported that in the early morning of October 11th, a gasoline tank located in Lebenon suffered a massive fire outbreak due to operational error during fuel transfers. Image and original story courtesy of industrialfireworld.com and their respective owners....
by Dale | Jun 30, 2021 | Petroleum Industry
Despite the impact of the initial COVID-19 outbreak and intense lockdowns, US oil prices have bounced back from record low numbers in just over a year. US oil statistics for 2020 vs 2021. Source: ycharts.com Oil prices in the United States went negative during the...
by Dale | Jul 22, 2020 | Fire and Safety, Petroleum Industry
Hindustantimes.com has reported that a damaged gas well that has been spewing an uncontrolled release of gas for over 56 days has exploded, injuring three foreign experts. This explosion is the result of a blowout at Oil India Limited’s gas well number 5, which...
by Dale | Jul 14, 2020 | Petroleum Industry
In an effort to meet the rising domestic fuel demands as well as export market, India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said during a webinar on June 16th 2020 that they plan to double the oil refining capacity to 450-500 million tonnes in the next 10 years....
by Dale | Jul 3, 2020 | Fire and Safety, Petroleum Industry
It has been reported by multiple news sources that a natural gas leak caused a fire to break out at the state-ran oil and gas explorer Oil India LTD’s Baghjan well in the state of Assam, eastern India. Operations were suspended by Oil India at it’s Baghjan...
