Could Russia be risking safety by increasing production

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Russia may be putting safety at risk by increasing their oil production, it has been claimed. According to national newspaper Izvestia, thousands of health and safety violations have been uncovered i...

Detecting benzene in refinery atmospheres

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Benzene remains an important industrial chemical, but is well known as extremely hazardous and recognised as a carcinogen. Legislation across the globe has been put in place to ensure exposure of benz...

Chevron oil leak still not brought under control

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Brazil Chevron's Frade field oil leak is still ongoing, with managers unable to give a precise timescale for bringing it under control. The leak first began last month in the Campos Basin oil refiner...

Detecting Metal Particles in Lubricating Oils

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The AMOT (UK) Metal Particle Detector (MPD) alerts operators to perform oil condition checks to determine machinery health status. It is an on-line continuous wear debris monitor that signals the pres...

NIR Laser Product Portfolio with Higher Optical Power

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VERTILAS (Germany) announces that the product line of laser diodes for sensing applications has now been extended with lasers featuring higher optical power. These new VCSELs provide up to 100 % more...

New Single Channel Gas Alarm

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The Mil-Ram Technology (USA) presents its Gas Alarm Single Channel Gas Detector for Toxic, Oxygen, VOC and LEL Combustible Gas Detection. Hundreds of different gases can be detected utilising several...

SIL-2 Approval for Range of Quarter Turn Electric Actuators

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TUV Rheinland has confirmed the suitability of the Schischek Max range of Spring Return Electric Quarter Turn actuators for use in safety related systems according to IEC 61508 up to and including SIL...

Open Path Gas Detectors Offer Wireless 2 4 Ghz Access and Data Communications

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Senscient’s (USA) new ELDS Version 1.2 Open Path Gas Detectors (OPGDs) feature Integrated 2.4 GHz Wireless Communications between the ELDS Transmitters/Receivers and Senscient Install & Commissioning...

Unmanned Helicopters for Refinery Inspections

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High Eye Unmanned Aviation is a unique international company based in the Netherlands specialising in unmanned helicopters capable of achieving high stability in various weather conditions. The syste...

Range-Free Multi-Controller Enhanced with New CPU Modules and Software

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Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Netherlands) has enhanced the FA-M3V range-free multi-controller - a PLC with a rapid CPU scanning speed and with new CPU modules and software. As manufacturing process...