Notes: May 21- Nigeria LNG, Africa’s largest liquefied natural gas export terminal, said it had declared force majeure on exports following a leak in a supply pipeline owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company.

PublicationSource: HazardEx

Publication Date: 5/21/2013

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Notes: May 22- The toll from a massive blast at an explosives plant in eastern China has risen to 23 with 10 people still missing.

PublicationSource: The Hindu

Publication Date: 5/22/2013

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Notes: May 22, POCA, W.Va. (AP) — Two workers were injured Monday when highly flammable gas used in welding exploded at a West Virginia industrial site, officials said.

PublicationSource: Wavy

Publication Date: 5/22/2013

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Notes: May 22, CAMP OLIVAS -- A worker was killed while another one is in serious condition when the bunker tank of an asphalt plant exploded in Barangay Paligui, Apalit town on Tuesday.

PublicationSource: Sunstar

Publication Date: 5/22/2013

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Notes: May 22, WINDSOR (WWJ) – Fire officials in Windsor are not yet sure what caused the fire that sent thick black smoke into the air and drew attention from as far away as Southfield.

PublicationSource: CBS Local

Publication Date: 5/22/2013

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Notes: May 20, WHEATLAND, Wyoming — One worker was hospitalized and two others treated and released after a second fire in a week at the same power plant.

PublicationSource: The Republic

Publication Date: 5/20/2013

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Notes: May 21- A FACTORY plant has been damaged after a fire broke out at Carole Park in Brisbane's southwest on Monday night.

PublicationSource: Herald Sun

Publication Date: 5/21/2013

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Notes: May 20- An employee for Blick's Phosphate Conversion, LLC, is in critical condition in a Utah hospital after he was injured Saturday at Simplot's Don Plant.

PublicationSource: KPVI News 6

Publication Date: 5/20/2013

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Notes: May 21- A Sunday morning fire at the Laramie River Station power plant near Wheatland injured three workers, sending one to a Colorado burn center Monday.

PublicationSource: Casper Star-Tribune Online

Publication Date: 5/21/2013

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Notes: May 20- The Polyfils Division of Ganesha Ecosphere Ltd located at Raipur, Rania, Kalpi Road, Kanpur Dehat, engaged into manufacturing of Recycled Polyester Staple Fibre, was caught by fire at the extruder level on May 14, 2013.

PublicationSource: Equity Bulls

Publication Date: 5/20/2013

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Notes: May 22- Crews were called to the plant at William Pickering Drive, Rosedale about 1am on Wednesday.

PublicationSource: Radio New Zealand

Publication Date: 5/22/2013

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Notes: May 21, PLYMOUTH — Plymouth firefighters responded to the Pilgrim nuclear power plant at 4:20 a.m. Monday to check an overheated turbine lubrication pump.

PublicationSource: Wicked Local Plymouth

Publication Date: 5/21/2013

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Notes: May 7- An accident caused by a gas leak in Saudi Aramco's 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) Jeddah refinery killed one worker, the company has said.

PublicationSource: ArabianBusiness.com

Publication Date: 5/7/2013

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Notes: May 18- An engineer at Tehran's Shahid Tondgooyan Oil Refinery was killed in an incident while overhauling a unit, the Mehr News Agency reported.

PublicationSource: Trend

Publication Date: 5/18/2013

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Notes: May 20- Five people have been confirmed dead in a blast that ripped through an explosives manufacturing plant in east China's Shandong Province Monday morning.

PublicationSource: Business Standard

Publication Date: 5/20/2013

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Notes: May 17- Nigeria LNG has declared force majeure on its liquefied natural gas exports from at Bonny Island a day after Shell halted its supplies to the Bonny Island facility over a reported leak.

PublicationSource: Upstream

Publication Date: 5/17/2013

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Notes: Apr 29- Eight workers suffered injuries in a fire that broke out early Saturday morning at the Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. plant in Port Arthur, Texas, Port Arthur News reported.

PublicationSource: Processing Magazine

Publication Date: 4/29/2013

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Notes: Apr 29- The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), Norway's oil safety watchdog, said BP must review the way it handles risk and maintenance at its offshore oil platforms in Norwegian waters following a leak at a North Sea platform last year that the PSA said could have caused a major accident.

PublicationSource: HazardEx

Publication Date: 4/29/2013

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Notes: Apr 25- Late April 24 a number of explosions destroyed fuel barges on the east side of Mobile River near Mobile, Alabama, injuring three. The fuel barges were at Oil Recovery Co. of Alabama's Marine Gas Free Facility.

PublicationSource: HazardEx

Publication Date: 4/25/2013

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Notes: May 7- The UK North Sea Brent pipeline system may have to close briefly during repairs to the legs of the Cormorant Alpha platform, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) said on May 6.

PublicationSource: HazardEx

Publication Date: 5/7/2013

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Notes: May 17, VISAKHAPATNAM: A major blast rocked the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) refinery at Malkapuram in the city at around 10.30pm.

PublicationSource: The Times Of India

Publication Date: 5/17/2013

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Notes: May 17- A fire broke out around 10:30 am Thursday at a petrochemical refinery in Pudong New Area, local media reported. No injuries or deaths were reported.

PublicationSource: People's Daily Online

Publication Date: 5/17/2013

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Notes: May 17- LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) reported May 16 that its Houston refinery experienced flaring due to unspecified operational issues.

PublicationSource: The Wall Street Journal

Publication Date: 5/17/2013

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Notes: May 16, FRANKLIN — Firefighters who put out a blaze at a plant in Franklin said they’ve been called there a few times.

PublicationSource: whiotv

Publication Date: 5/16/2013

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Notes: May 16- The Atomic Weapons Establishment, which makes and maintains warheads for the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent, today admitted putting employees at risk.

PublicationSource: Independent

Publication Date: 5/16/2013

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