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A crude oil pipeline near an Alon Energy USA asphalt refinery in the Los Angeles area leaked about two barrels of crude on Tuesday, but the leak was secured and crews are removing and treating soil in the area, an Alon spokesman said on Wednesday. Alon subsidiary Paramount Petroleum Corp o...

Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said on Monday. Around 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the sea on Saturday around 20 km (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong, southe...

Halliburton Co has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and will pay the maximum possible statutory fine, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday. The plea agreement requires court approval, and also requires the Houston-based com...

A shallow-water drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana was on fire on Wednesday after natural gas flowing from a ruptured well ignited, authorities said. The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said the fire ignited on Hercules Offshore Inc's jack...

Caltex Australia Ltd's Banksmeadow fuel terminal at Port Botany in Sydney's south was shut down on Friday after around 130,000 litres of petrol spilled from a storage tank. Production at Caltex's nearby 124,500 barrel-per-day Kurnell oil refinery was not impacted and supplies to c...