The installation of an incorrect valve in a pipe to a diesel oil tank led to a fatal fire aboard a cargo vessel docked in LaPorte, Texas, an National Transportation Safety Board shows. On Jan. 8 ...

Baytex Energy Corp. says a damaged vent valve likely helped trigger explosions July 27 that blew the tops off two huge oil storage tanks at a shut-in well site near Nampa, south of Peace River.

Bell City, LA (KPLC) - Lightning struck a vent line on an oil tank in a field off Harris Road. It blew piping off the tank and created a small fire, according to Assistant Fire Chief Tom Leonards. He ...

Each of the 14 crude oil storage tanks in the Valdez Marine Terminal’s east tank farm is 62 feet tall, and 1 acre wide. Photographed on Feb. 15, 2016. (Loren Holmes / ADN archive) ...