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Oil tanker burning off China's coast at risk of exploding - ABC NewsABC NewsIn this photo provided by Korea Coast Guard, the Panama-registered tanker "Sanchi" is seen ablaze after a collision with a Hong Kong-registered freighter off China&#3
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The NationalBahrain says militants hit oil pipeline, opening new frontABC NewsAn explosion ripped through a pipeline belonging to Bahrain's state-run oil company and sent flames shooting up into the night sky, with government officials on Saturday blam
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The NationalBahrain says oil pipeline attacked by Iran-backed militantsABC NewsBahrain says an oil pipeline that exploded overnight was attacked by militants in the island nation. Bahrain's Interior Ministry made the announcement Saturday afternoon, al
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Tasnim News Agency (press release)State TV says fire at Iran oil rig kills at least 2 workersABC NewsA fire broke out Sunday at an oil rig in southern Iran, killing at least two workers just days after another fatal fire at an oil refinery, state televisio
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CBC.caIrving Oil ordered to pay $4M for offences related to Lac Mégantic disasterCBC.caIrving Oil has been ordered to pay $4 million for offences under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act after an investigation related to the Lac Mégantic, Que., disa
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Toronto SunAuthorities suspend search for missing worker after blastABC NewsAuthorities have suspended the search Monday for a Texas man who disappeared when an oil and gas platform exploded on a lake near New Orleans. Seven people were injured in the Sund
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Chicago Tribune1 missing, after oil rig explodes on Louisiana lakeABC NewsAn oil rig explosion on a lake north of New Orleans, apparently caused when cleaning chemicals ignited, injured seven people and left authorities searching for another who was missin
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The AdvocateOil rig explodes in Louisiana lake, injuries reportedABC NewsA Louisiana police department says an oil rig has exploded in Lake Pontchartrain in St. Charles Parish. The Times-Picayune reports that Kenner Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian M
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Tanker being used in Greece oil spill cleanup to be replacedABC NewsA worker from a cleaning company uses a hose to suck up polluted water from an oil spillage in front of a floating boom in Glyfada, suburb of Athens, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. The World W
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KathimeriniWorld Wildlife Fund sues over Greece oil spill from tankerABC NewsFILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 file photo, a plastic chair on a polluted beach after an oil spill on the island of Salamina, Greece, near Athens. The World Wildlife Fund h
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