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Shale drilling halted following earthquake

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Shale gas drilling has been suspended in Lancashire following a second earthquake in two months.Cuadrilla, the company responsible for drilling for the combustible gas, stopped the operation on Friday...

Rig Protector Critical Monitoring System

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The R. C. Systems (USA) "Rig Protector" package offers up to four points of critical monitoring. The wireless option transmits monitored modbus data up to 10 miles with a high gain mast mo...

Oil refinery blast kills four

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Four people have died in an explosion in an oil refinery in Wales, sparking a safety inquiry.An investigation into the blast at Chevron refinery in Pembroke is now underway but early reports suggest t...

Methane leaks identified in Australia

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A state-wide audit of the gas and oil industry in Queensland, Australia, has highlighted a number of methane leaks.While results of the audit by the Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate on almost 3,000 coal...

Government is failing to reduce emissions says CBI

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The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned that the government is likely to miss all of its targets to reduce emissions.It said that due to a lack of detailed information about their plans...

Lessons must be learned from oil refinery blast

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David Cameron has said that lessons must be learned from the recent explosion at a Welsh oil refinery.Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (June 8th), he described that blast at...

New ASTM Micro-Scale Chamber Standard Will Speed Up Chemical Emission Screening

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An important new ASTM standard has been published: D7706-11: Standard practice for rapid screening of VOC emissions from products using micro-scale chambers. D7706 will benefit both manufacturing...

Advances in Bolting Technology Remove Project Safety Risks

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The need to safely and efficiently construct petroleum and resources infrastructure throughout South-East Asia these days requires that companies have a clear appreciation of the best technologies t...

Personal Confined Space Multi Gas Detector

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The Personal Surveyor range, the novel multi gas detectors from Gas Measurement Instruments (UK), presents its latest model, the PS200. The PS200 is robust, compact and detects LEL, O2, CO and H2S....

Product Family Fuel Oil De-Aerators

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AFRISO-EURO-INDEX (Germany) provides a complete product family of automatic fuel oil de-aerators for continuous de-aeration in single-line, oil-fired systems. Depending on the requirements, the fuel...