A natural gas gathering and processing facility near Medford, Oklahoma, exploded Saturday afternoon and could disrupt the flow of hydrocarbons to energy export hubs on the Texas Gulf Coast. Oneok, Inc., a leading midstream service provider and the operator of a major natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, experienced an explosion at its NGL fractionation facility in Medford, about 85 miles south of Wichita, Kansas.

Commentary Oh, great- another addition to the energy crisis. One of the world's largest natural gas liquefaction plants suffered an explosion on Wednesday. The cause of the blast is not known, but the Freeport LNG plant on Quintana Island - about 70 miles south of Houston - will be out of service for at least three weeks, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Sixty medics at Arkhangelsk hospital, Russia, flown to Moscow for urgent tests Village of Nyonoksa was the nearest site to 'radiation explosion' which killed five Medic was 'not informed about the amount or concentration of isotope found' Three victims arrived naked in bags on August 8 but medics not told full extent As many as 60 medics at a hospital treating injured workers from the recent Russian 'radiation explosion' have been flown to Moscow for urgent medical tests, it is reported.