What makes Bakken oil more flammable than other oil, like the heavy crude harvested from Canada's tar sands? Basically, it contains more natural gas, making its vapor combustible at a much lower ...

The key is in the construction of large capacity crude oil storage tanks. To prevent the flammable gasses emitted by crude oil from collecting inside partially empty tanks, they have roofs that ...

They are highly volatile and therefore extremely flammable. The shortest hydrocarbons have very low boiling points. They do not condense, but leave the column in the gas state.

Brighton Fire Authority Chief Michael O’Brian stated that the explosion occurred in a leased section of the proving ground, which houses multiple wells and tanks for crude oil production and ...

The Sanchi was carrying 136,000 tons of ultra-light crude oil when it collided with another vessel 260km off Shanghai on 6 January. It burned for a week before exploding and sinking on Sunday.

The facility where the incident occurred was a refinery that processes crude oil to produce gasoline and ... Hydrogen sulfide ...

Last week, US senators from six states proposed that the government charge companies a special fee to ship oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids ... North Dakota crude crashed in the town ...