Federal investigators and state legislators are zeroing in on whether inferior shut-off valves on the natural gas pipeline that exploded last week in San Bruno led to a deadlier, costlier disaster.

(MENAFN- IMARC Group) Market Overview: The blast valves market is experiencing rapid growth, driven by rising focus on industrial safety, rapid industrialization in emerging economies, and stringent ...

A fatal blast last week at an XTO-operated well in Willacy County, Texas, occurred when a sudden surge of gas blew a valve off a lubricator that was being installed on the wellhead, striking and ...

After initial testing of the propane tank that was recovered after an explosion at a West Virginia convenience store, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has concluded that the ...

FARMERSVILLE, Texas – A valve leak and a spark of unknown origin combined to cause a North Texas natural gas pipeline explosion last year that killed two workers and injured two others, federal ...

A closed valve that allowed pressure to build probably caused the explosion that killed an employee and injured six others at a southeast Houston chemical plant, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board ...

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — A hole in a valve was the source of an April explosion at a Husky Energy refinery in northwestern Wisconsin that injured 36 people and required the evacuation of a large part of ...

The chemical plant explosion near Morris that killed a worker and injured 17 others was caused ”because someone apparently opened a valve by mistake,” the state fire marshal`s office said Wednesday.

FARMERSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A valve leak and a spark of unknown origin combined to cause a North Texas natural gas pipeline explosion last year that killed two workers and injured two others, federal ...