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Enbridge's massive oil pipeline spill in Michigan in 2010 was caused by a complete breakdown of company safety measures, while its employees performed like 'Keystone Kops' trying to contain it, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday. The rupture of Enbridge...

Italian oil major Eni said on Sunday there has been an oil spill on its Nembe-Obama pipeline in Nigeria's onshore Niger Delta due to sabotage. 'Repair work has started. The wells of Nembe South have been closed with minimal impact on production,' a spokesman for the company sai...

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...

Part of the Hume Highway is likely to remain closed until the middle of the day on Thursday after a petrol tanker rolled and spilled fuel across the road. Police shut the highway a kilometre north of the Wallan-Whittlesea Road about 6.20pm (AEST) on Wednesday after the B-double petrol tank...

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...