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R. Stahl’s (Germany) Yodalex range of signalling devices for hazardous areas includes manual call points suitable for use in Ex zones 1, 2, 21 and 22. The units have been designed for installa...

A blast at an oil refinery in Iran has killed one person and injured several others.The incident at Abadan oil refinery occurred during a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and although the leade...

Experts in energy-efficiency within business have suggested that the government's proposals to reduce emissions are ambitious but attainable.John Barwise, chair of the Cumbria Green Business Forum...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...