North Sea Helicopter Crash: ‘Technical error to blame’

• Thursday, 5th May 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

An Airbus H225 Super Puma helicopter ferrying 11 oil workers and two crew from a Norwegian oil platform crashed in the North Sea on April 29th killing all people on board. Norwegian investigators have provisionally r ...

Kuwait Seeking Oil Technical Staff in Egypt, India

• Sunday, 17th April 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has appealed to Egypt and India with a request to provide technical staff to work on oil facilities in the country during the recently announced general strike of the local oi ...

Investigators Place Blame of Aramco Expatriate Fire on Short Circuit

• Wednesday, 2nd September 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The preliminary investigation into Sunday's fire at the Aramco residential complex found that the cause was a short circuit, said Arab News.

Aramco Fire Kills 11, Causes Unknown but Under Investigation

• Monday, 31st August 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

A fire at an oil workers' residential compound in Saudi Arabia broke out on Sunday, killing 11 people and injuring over 200 others,

Western Oil Workers in Danger in Saudi, US Embassy Declares

• Sunday, 15th March 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh canceled all consular services Sunday and Monday in the Saudi capital, as well as in Jeddah and Dhahran, amid heightened security concerns.

Anti-ISIS Airstrike Leaves Syrian Oil Workers Dead

• Tuesday, 10th March 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

At least 14 people have been killed in US-led coalition air strikes on an oil refinery in northern Syria run by Islamic State (IS), activists say.