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Ukraine Plans to Blow up Russia's Oil Pipeline towards Hungary

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But behind closed doors, Ukraine’s leader has proposed going in a more audacious direction — occupying Russian villages to gain leverage over Moscow, bombing a pipeline that transfers Russian oil to Hungary, a NATO member, and privately pining for long-range missiles to hit targets inside Russia’s borders, according to classified U.S. intelligence documents detailing his internal communications... 

Oil pipeline blast injures seven people in central Mexico near capital

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A firefighter walks away from the burning pipeline ignited by an explosion on July 21, 2013 near Tonanitla, Mexico. Seven people have been injured in central Mexico in an oil pipeline explosion, which was ignited by an attempted theft of crude oil. Mexican authorities say five police officers and two firefighters were hurt early Sunday when they responded to the explosion and fire near the municipality... 

Third major US oil spill in a week: Shell pipeline breaks in Texas

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Thousands of gallons of oil have spilled from a pipeline in Texas, the third accident of its kind in only a week. Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, shut down their West Columbia, Texas, pipeline last Friday after electronic calculations conducted by the US National Response Center showed that upwards of 700 barrels had been lost, amounting to almost 30,000 gallons of crude oil. By Monday,... 

Exxon oil spill paints Arkansas town in black

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Residents of Mayflower, Arkansas are shocked, frustrated and discouraged after an ExxonMobil oil pipeline – which many were unaware existed – burst, devastating the small town by flooding its streets with thousands of barrels of Canadian crude. ExxonMobil is cleaning up the town after an oil pipeline spilled thousands of oil all over its streets. The company’s Pegasus pipeline –... 
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