Royal Dutch Shell said Monday that it has shut down an offshore drilling rig off the coast of Alabama following a leak of drilling fluid. Shell said 319 barrels of the synthetic and biodegradable fluid leaked from a booster line. …
A San Antonio refinery caught fire for the second time in two years Wednesday after authorities said an apparent jet diesel fuel leak triggered a small explosion. San Antonio Fire Department spokeswoman Melissa Sparks said no injuries were reported. She …
U.S.-based Chevron Corp. was not prepared for the offshore oil leak at one of its wells, the head of environmental affairs for Brazil’s federal police said Saturday. Fabio Scliar said Chevron personnel at the well told his investigators that they …
NewPage Corp. says it’s investigating a chemical leak that sent four workers at its western Maryland paper mill to hospitals for evaluation. Authorities told the Cumberland Times-News that the workers suffered respiratory distress from chlorine dioxide that leaked from a …
Authorities say nearly a dozen people were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak was found in an apartment building in New London, Wis. The New London Fire Department says firefighters were called to the scene about 6 …
A sealed device used to check whether radiation detectors are working properly at Brookhaven National Laboratory leaked a small amount of radioactivity last month, lab authorities said. There was no threat to public health or the environment, but the lab …
State investigators will probe an explosion at a northern Indiana fertilizer plant that injured four people, including two who are in critical condition at a Fort Wayne hospital. Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Chetrice Mosley says investigators were …
Puget Sound Energy crews worked through the night checking for more natural gas leaks in the north Seattle neighborhood where a home exploded Monday and injured two residents. Spokesman Roger Thompson says crews walked and drove a 5-square mile area …
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released a video depicting a deadly chemical leak at a DuPont plant in Belle last year and said Thursday the final investigation report should remind every manufacturer to make safety a priority. The report formalizes …
The Chemical Safety Board has approved the final version of a report on accidents at a DuPont chemical plant in Belle in 2010. Agency spokesman Daniel Horowitz tells The Charleston Gazette the final version doesn’t reflect major changes. It says …