China Oil Pipeline Blast

• China punishes 48 people over deadly Sinopec blast

  China has punished 48 people, including the chairman of Asia's top refiner, for one of the country's worst industrial disasters last year that killed 62 people.

• China pipeline blast exposes risks of urban sprawl

  A Chinese oil pipeline punctured twice a week by oil thieves cleared a safety inspection just two months before a section of the line exploded and killed 62 people in November.

• Nine detained after oil pipeline blasts in China

  Police have detained seven employees of China's largest oil refiner, Sinopec, following last week's oil pipeline blast that killed at least 55 people when it ripped through residential and commercial roads in an eastern port city.

• China launches sweeping probe as oil pipeline blast toll rises

  China has launched a broad investigation into safety at oil and gas pipelines, state media reported on Monday, as the death toll from an explosion at a Sinopec pipeline last week rose to 52.

• China oil pipeline explosion toll rises to 52

  The death toll from an oil pipeline explosion in a Chinese coastal city rose to 52 on Sunday, as rain and the close proximity of dangerous gases hampered rescue operations.

• Oil pipeline explosion kills 47 in China, company issues apology

  China's largest oil refiner Sinopec on Saturday apologized for explosions from a ruptured oil pipeline that killed 47 people and injured 136 others in one of the country's worst industrial accidents this year.