Over the last two months, refineries and fuel storage facilities around the world have caught fire due to war (Russia) or accident (Australia, the United States, India and Mexico), adding more ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

A few hundred miles from where Chinese leader Xi Jinping will roll out the red carpet for President Donald Trump this week, a shadowy ecosystem has long been at work pumping billions of dollars into ...

President Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East is restricting the supply of crude oil to the rest of the world. Iran’s new leader said Thursday that the country will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed.

Twenty years. Eighteen billion dollars. Zero functional refineries. These numbers capture Nigeria's greatest industrial tragedy-not engineering failure, but organised impunity. Now, just as Nigerians ...

The Cabinda oil refinery in Angola, the first that was built in the country since it gained independence from Portugal 50 years ago, has started shipping fuels to the domestic and international ...

IN USUAL TIMES Tuapse, a Russian port city on the Black Sea, and its surrounding villages are a popular summer destination, luring people from across the country to a short stretch of the coastline.