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The U.S. pipeline regulator on Monday issued a $3.7 million civil penalty against Enbridge Inc for a July 2010 crude oil spill, the largest fine ever proposed by the agency. The Transportation Department's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) said its probe un...

In the end, all it took was a small chemical spill - perhaps less than a barrelful - to bring down the newest, mightiest oil refinery in the United States. Three weeks ago, while workers repaired a minor leak at the Port Arthur, Texas plant owned by Motiva Enterprises, a few gallons a day of ...

Plains Midstream Canada is not yet able to say what caused one of its pipelines to leak as much as much as 3,000 barrels of oil into an Alberta river last week as it focuses on cleaning up the mess, a company official said on Tuesday. Plains Midstream, a unit of Plains All American Pipeline L...

A subsidiary of Swiss mining giant Xstrata is facing a fine of more than $1 million for leaking thousands of litres of fuel at a Northern Territory mine. McArthur River Mining (MRM) notified the NT Department of Resources in May last year that a leak had been detected from a pipe connecte...

According to a report, oil and gas companies operating in Australian waters tend to fail to recognise at a corporate level the occupational health and safety risks posed by ageing facilities. The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA), which replac...