AlQa'dah 25, 1436, September 09, 2015, SPA -- Venezuelan authorities have arrested seven people for allegedly attempting to smuggle diesel, an industry source and a law enforcement source said on Tuesday, as the government seeks to clamp down on (...)
Venezuelan firefighters struggled to finish putting out a blaze at the country's biggest refinery on Tuesday, with a fuel tank twice bursting into flames within minutes of authorities declaring it fully extinguished, Reuters reported.
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A huge fire burned for a third day in two fuel storage tanks at Venezuela's biggest refinery on Monday, putting in doubt plans to quickly restart the facility after one of the worst accidents to hit the global oil industry in decades, Reuters (...)
A gas explosion at
Venezuela's Amuay refinery killed seven people and injured another 48, the local governor said on Saturday, adding that the situation was under control.
"There's no risk of another explosion," she told state TV. "Right now, we're (...)
An explosion tore through Venezuela's biggest oil refinery on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, wounding more than 50 and halting operations at the huge facility in the OPEC nation's worst industrial accident in recent memory, according to (...)