Irving Oil Refinery

• Irving Oil fined $200,000 in connection with 2018 refinery explosion

  An agreed-upon statement of facts indicates there were approximately 1,500 workers at the site on the day of the explosion. 

  Crime

  Apr 16, 2020
  
• New Brunswick Liberal MP calls out Andrew Scheer over foreign oil comments

  Andrew Scheer suggested Canada should block Saudi Arabia oil imports as punishment following the murder of a Saudi journalist

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2019
  
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• Little information released on Saint John refinery explosion investigation

  No one was seriously injured in the October 8th incident

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2018
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• Investigators yet to examine Irving Oil refinery blast site, area remains ‘hot zone’

  At least four workers received minor injuries on Oct. 8 as swirling flames and black smoke rose into the sky above the sprawling Irving Oil refinery, which produces more than 320,000 barrels of refined products every day.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2018
• Explosion at Saint John refinery raises questions over how information was shared with public

  Only a handful of people were injured following an explosion at the Irving Oil Refinery on Monday

  Canada

  Oct 9, 2018
• Butane leak forces evacuation in east Saint John on Monday

  A section of Bayside Drive in east Saint John is closed and businesses have been evacuated after a butane line ruptured on Monday morning

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2018
• Irving Oil spending $60M on maintaining Saint John oil refinery

  Irving Oil says it will spend $60 million over the next six weeks as 1,700 extra workers are brought in to perform scheduled maintenance at Canada's largest oil refinery in Saint John.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2014