Alba sees 3 - 5pc output loss from power outageA recent power outage in Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), an international aluminium smelter, is expected to result in a loss of 3 to 5 per cent of its total production for 2017, the company said. However, the losses from the incident wi More… |
Alba resumes ops after temporary power outageAluminium Bahrain (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, experienced a temporary power outage yesterday (April 5). Alba has restored full power to the plant safely and normal operations have resumed, said a sta More… |
Delta grounds flights after network outageDelta Air Lines said a "major system-wide network outage" on Monday had delayed flights worldwide and technicians were working to resolve the computer problem as soon as possible. Flights scheduled for departure were not More… |
Qatar launches project to prevent outagesQatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has launched a mega project to monitor its electricity distribution network in a bid to prevent outages, a report said. The monitoring for asset management of 11kV Electri More… |
Qatar launches project to prevent outagesQatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has launched a mega project to monitor its electricity distribution network in a bid to prevent outages, a report said. The monitoring for asset management of 11kV Electri More… |
Gmail suffers worldwide outageGoogle suffered a service outage on Friday that briefly took down Gmail, the email service used by hundreds of millions of people and many businesses across the globe. Google, which first acknowledged the outage at 11:12 am Pacifi More… |
Amazon suffers rare outage in US, CanadaAmazon.com, the website of the world's largest online retailer, went down for about 15 minutes on Monday in a rare outage for many users across the United States and Canada. It was unclear what triggered the rare disruption. T More… |
Bapco hydrocracker back on after brief outageBahrain Petroleum (Bapco) has restarted a 50,000 barrel per day hydrocracker at its Sitra refinery after a maintenance outage, the company said on Wednesday. "It came (online) on schedule...last week," Adel Almoayyed, ch More… |
American Airlines says operations normalAmerican Airlines said its operations returned to normal on Wednesday after it canceled nearly 1,000 flights on Tuesday because of a computer outage. The airline also said it halted 81 flights on Wednesday to reposition crews and More… |
Global oil supply outages hit 1.2m bpd in MarchGlobal oil supply outages are running at more than a million barrels a day, a Reuters survey has found, helping provide justification for the United States and Britain should they release strategic reserves in a bid to cut oil prices. Civi More… |