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Assam’s Baghjan Oil Well Suffers Huge Explosion
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 took...
Explosion At Iranian Power Plant
Iran's state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday that an explosion at a power plant in the central Iranian province of Isfahan. The news agency reported the explosion was triggered by faulty equipment. No casualties were reported. The managing director of Isfahan's...
India Plans To Double Oil Refinery Capacity By 2030
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. "Our...
PG&E Emerges From Bankruptcy
California's largest utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric, has put over $5 billion dollars and over 20 percent of its stock into a trust for the victims of wildfires and other incidents caused by their utility equipment. They've also restructured their board of...
India NLC Power Plant Blast
The government-ran NLC Power Plant located in the state of Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district in southern India has suffered a massive blast. It is reported the blast is the second deadliest boiler explosion within the last two months. The incident is reported to have...
Fire At Natanz Nuclear Facility, Iran.
Aljazeera.com and other sources have reported a fire incident that started at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on July 2nd that caused significant damage to the area. It is reported that this damage could slow development of advanced centrifuges. No injuries or deaths...
Fires At Iranian Power Plant
An Iranian power plant suffered from a fire which affected a transformer in the power station in Ahvaz, a city in southwest Iran. Aljazeera.com has reported that this fire is just one of several incidents that took place around this area in the month of June. Reports...
Fire at Oil India’s Baghjan Well
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 oilfield as...