The apparent cause of an incident at Viva Refinery on Friday afternoon that put dozens of suburbs surrounding the site on alert following has been revealed. Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) issued the ...

Flares are open combustion devices for burning off waste and unwanted gas, crucial for emergency pressure relief across petroleum processes across upstream and downstream sectors. The purpose of ...

A plume of black smoke coming from an east Edmonton refinery stack is from flaring, not a fire, Edmonton Fire Rescue Services says. In a tweet Friday afternoon, EFRS said it had received many calls ...

A malfunction at a Detroit refinery means the air might be a bit smelly until it's under control. Marathon Petroleum has begun the shutdown process to stop the release from a flare (a combustion ...

DELAWARE CITY, Del. (AP) - An operational error at the Delaware City Refinery triggered the flare system, sending flames shooting into the air. The incident occurred ...

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) -- Richmond fire crews are back at the Chevron refinery plant after a flare-up was reported at the facility a little before noon Wednesday. Battalion Chief Merlin Turner says ...

Fluenta, the global leader in ultrasonic sensing technology for measurement of flare gas, is to install 18 ultrasonic flare gas meters around the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Fluenta’s Director, Radek ...

TORRANCE, Calif. – Southern California authorities say an explosion has occurred at an Exxon Mobil refinery in the city of Torrance, triggering a very large smokestack flare to burn off flammable ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A malfunction in a flare system led to a loud boom heard throughout the area early Wednesday morning. KPLC received numerous questions about the source of the noise. A CITGO ...

Feb 3 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp reported emissions due to an upset in a flare system at its 287,000 barrel per day refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, in a filing with regulators. The refinery ...