Fire halts operations at huge floating LNG facility
SHELL has temporarily halted production at its major floating LNG facility Prelude, after an elec...
News - Risk & Safety
Fire destroys UK plastics factory
A PLASTICS factory near Hull in the UK has been destroyed by a fire.
Briar Chemicals fined £1m following fatal accident
BRIAR Chemicals has been fined £1m (US$1.4m) following the death of a contractor at its site in N...
IAEA reviews Fukushima water release
OFFICIALS from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have visited Japan to review the pla...
Fire at Leamington Spa plastics facility
A FIRE and subsequent explosions occurred at a plastics facility in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire,...
Five dead and two missing after fire on Pemex offshore oil platform
A FIRE at a Pemex offshore oil platform has resulted in the deaths of five workers, with two stil...
Explosion at South African power plant
AN explosion at a power station in South Africa has caused extensive damage to the facility’s gen...
Claimants to appeal fatal Samarco disaster ruling in UK court
THE Court of Appeals, the most senior court in England and Wales, has ruled to allow proceedings ...
Two workers killed in acetic acid leak
TWO workers have been killed by an acetic acid leak at a LyondellBasell plant in Texas, US.
Climate-related incidents need to be accounted for in process safety
ENVIRONMENTAL and scientific advisory groups have called on the US Environmental Protection Agenc...
At least two killed in explosion at German chemical disposal site
AN EXPLOSION at a hazardous chemical disposal site in Germany has killed at least two people, wit...
Fire at Thailand chemicals facility
AN EXPLOSION and fire at a chemicals facility in Bangkok has killed one person and injured more t...
US refinery shutdown serves as a lesson for process safety
“PROCESS safety is more than just life preservation, it’s about making sure that we look after th...
Explosion at Illinois lubricants facility
AN explosion occurred at a facility in Rockton, Illinois, US, on 14 June. The subsequent fire has...
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