Nord Stream Pipeline Attack In 2022 Led To Biggest Single Human-Caused Methane Leak Ever

The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022 not only heightened geopolitical tensions but also unleashed an unprecedented environmental event, releasing the largest recorded amount of methane from a single human-caused incident – 465,000 metric tons – into Read More …

Pakistan: Gas supply restored in Balochistan after pipeline explosion

The gas supply, which had been suspended in Quetta and other towns and cities of Balochistan on Wednesday following the sabotage of an 18-inch diameter main pipeline, has been restored after 36 hours. The supply was suspended after the main Read More …

Wyoming: Upton man charged with planting homemade bomb at oil field company

A 39-year-old Upton man has been arrested and accused of planting a homemade propane bomb in the tool shed of a Wyoming oil field company near Upton in northeast Wyoming. David Riggle remains in the Weston County Detention Center on Read More …

Nigeria: Militant group claims responsibility for pipeline attacks in Delta

A group which tagged itself the Niger Delta Liberation Movement otherwise known as Movement, has claimed responsibility for bursting several pipelines along the Olero-Dibi-Abiteye Fields/Flow stations at about 2am on Friday. The group described the damage as “the launch of Read More …

Russia: FSB arrests German citizen who arrived from Poland to sabotage energy facility in Kaliningrad

Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) have arrested a German citizen who was involved in sabotaging a gas metering station in Kaliningrad in the spring of 2024 as he arrived from Poland to blow up a Russian energy Read More …

Venezuela: Eleven people arrested after explosion, fire at gas complex

Eleven people have been arrested as part of an investigation into an explosion and fire at a major gas complex last week, Venezuela’s vice-president and oil minister Delcy Rodriguez said on Monday. The Muscar gas complex in the country’s eastern Read More …

Iraq: Joint Committee to address Minefields Obstructing Oil Pipelines

The Ministry of Environment announced on Saturday, the clearing of 4,000 cubic meters of mines across Iraq, while indicating the completion of projects for the benefit of industrial and oil lands at a rate of 100%, confirming the existence of Read More …

Red Sea: Greek oil tanker on fire and adrift after multiple attacks of Hodeidah

A crew of 25 has been rescued from a Greek-flagged oil tanker after it caught fire after multiple attacks in the Red Sea. The Sounion was attacked by more than a dozen people on two small boats who fired multiple Read More …

Syria: Missile attack targets US airbase in Conoco gas field

A missile attack targeted a US airbase in Conoco gas field in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province, Syrian state media reported early on Wednesday. However, two US officials said the projectiles launched in the direction of a US airbase in a Read More …

Niger: Six soldiers guarding Niger-Benin oil pipeline killed in Dosso

In a tragic incident, unidentified assailants attacked soldiers guarding the major Niger-Benin oil pipeline, resulting in the deaths of six soldiers. Three security sources confirmed the attack, which took place between the villages of Salkam and Tibiri in Niger’s southeastern Read More …

Croatia and UNDP help revitalize gas production in Ukraine by clearing land for explosive ordnance

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), along with the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and UkrGasVydobuvannya, Ukraine’s largest gas producer, recently completed an Explosive Ordnance risk assessment over 17 sq. kilometres in Kharkiv Oblast, formerly under Russian occupation. This initiative, financially Read More …

Denmark drops investigation into Nord Stream pipeline blasts

Denmark has dropped its investigation into the 2022 explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany, becoming the second country to do so after Sweden closed a separate inquiry. The multibillion-dollar Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines Read More …

Iran says Israel behind attacks on gas pipelines

Iran has accused Israel of being behind two attacks last week on gas pipelines that disrupted supplies in several provinces, further raising tensions between the regional archenemies amid the war on Gaza. “The explosion of the country’s gas lines was Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis claim missile attack on oil tanker in Red Sea

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on the oil tanker M/T Pollux, which U.S. officials said the previous day had been hit by a missile. “The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a Read More …

Iran: No Casualties in Gas Pipeline Blast in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Fars provinces

Wednesday’s gas transmission pipeline blast in southwestern Iran has not caused any casualties, Oil Minister Javad Owji said, adding that the gas pressure will return to normal soon as the pipelines are being fixed. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines Read More …

Sweden Closes Investigation of Pipeline Blasts, but Stays Silent on Cause

After investigators delved into a series of undersea explosions that blew apart the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines linking Russia to Western Europe in fall 2022, intelligence agencies came to a general agreement: The evidence pointed toward pro-Ukraine forces, even Read More …

Syria: Drone attack kills six Kurdish-led fighters at the al-Omar oil field

A drone attack on the largest US military base in Syria has killed at least six allied Kurdish-led fighters. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said its commando academy at the al-Omar oil field in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour Read More …

Yemen: Oil tanker on fire in Gulf of Aden after Houthi missile attack

An oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden is on fire after a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi militants, in the latest incident linked to the Iran-backed group in the key shipping route. The operator of the British oil tanker Read More …

Northern Iraq: Khor Mor gas field attacked

Khor Mor gas field in Sulaimani province was attacked late on Thursday, a local official told Rudaw. No casualties have been reported. Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants of Khor Mor, is a key gas field operated by the UAE-based Dana Read More …

Pakistan: Gas pipeline blown up in Bolan valley

A gas pipeline in Balochistan’s rugged Bolan area fell victim to a bomb explosion on Thursday. According to Levies sources, unidentified individuals planted an improvised explosive device (IED) near a gas pipeline in the Bolan Valley. The detonation of the Read More …