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Lockheed develops clean, efficient battery to boost use of renewable power

24 April 2018

Lockheed Martin Corp hopes to launch a new ‘flow’ battery made of inexpensive, nontoxic materials that can help utilities save money and use more renewable energy, company officials said on April 23. On a visit to the company’s Global Vision Center in Virginia, senior staff told reporters the company hopes to introduce it in a little more than a year....
Libya oil output drops by around 85,000 b/d after attack on pipeline

24 April 2018

Libya's crude oil production was cut by around 85,000 b/d after an attack on a pipeline supplying the Es Sider oil terminal, state-owned National Oil Corporation said on April 22. NOC said the fire from the explosion at the pipeline from Al-Zidah to Es Sider was soon extinguished and repairs were expected to be completed within a few days....
Texas asphalt plant explosion injures contractor

24 April 2018

An explosion at the US Polyco Plant asphalt plant in Ennis, Texas, seriously injured a contractor who was using a cutting torch to dismantle a storage tank, damaged in an earlier explosion in February. The earlier incident did not cause any casualties....
UK company fined after DSEAR failures badly injure worker

23 April 2018

A company specialising in spray foam insulation services has been fined after an inexperienced worker suffered severe burns while attempting to refuel petrol powered equipment. Greenseal Insulation Ltd of Birmingham pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 6 of the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) 2002 and was fined £40,000 with costs of £11,779....
Europe's largest bank announces ban on unsustainable energy investments

23 April 2018

London-based HSBC, whose global assets total more than $2 trillion, announced on April 20 that it will no longer finance new coal-fired power plants (with a few targeted exceptions), Arctic drilling or new oilsands projects, including pipelines....

Three dead, dozens injured in Chile hospital blast 23 April 2018

At least three people have died and around 50 injured in a gas explosion at a hospital in the Chilean city of Concepción, the local chief of police told media on April 21. Mayor Alvaro Ortiz said there had been a gas leak in the Clinica Sanatorio Aleman, which was evacuated while a gas company investigated the leak reports. Doctors and patients were coming back into the building when the blast took place. ...

Valero Texas City refinery hit by explosion, fire 20 April 2018

An explosion on April 19 at Valero Energy Corp's Texas City refinery caused no injuries but the resulting fire left a pall of thick smoke over the area, which is 45 miles south of Houston. The blast took place in the plant’s depropanizer tower, which isolates propane from heavier hydrocarbon components....

Southwest Airlines B737 engine explosion linked to fan blade fatigue 19 April 2018

An engine explosion on a Boeing 737 flying from New York to Dallas on April 17 killed a passenger when shrapnel from the blast penetrated the fuselage. Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, with 149 people on board, was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia....

Confirmed exhibitors and sponsors at the Hazardex 2019 Conference & Exhibition 19 April 2018

The Hazardex 2019 Conference & Exhibition will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK, on February 27th & 28th. The event will be sponsored by CSA Group and PR Electronics and as of April 16, 2018, more than 20 companies (listed below) have confirmed they will be attending. Spaces are limited, so get in touch soon if you wish to take a stand at the only European specialist hazardous area operations event....

A look forward to the Hazardex 2019 Conference, Exhibition & Awards ceremony 16 April 2018

The 2019 Hazardex International Conference and Exhibition will take place at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK, on February 27th & 28th. The exhibition stands and packages are now on sale, with a number of exhibitors already signing up for next year's event. ...

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How Ex certified robots are finding a niche in remote and hazardous oil and gas sites

It is perhaps surprising that although robots have been making cars for decades and are roaming the surface of Mars, we do not see them at onshore oil and gas facilities. Of course tethered, remotely operated vehicles are widely used by the subsea sector, but they have never made the evolutionary step onto land. That is about to change, says Ian Peerless of ExRobotics. ...

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How the latest localisation beacon technology is helping Lufthansa’s journey towards Industry 4.0

German airline Lufthansa is seeking to develop the full potential of expanded organisational information flowing from the new technologies we group together under the Industry 4.0 banner. One important element of this is the integratation of the latest mobile and beacon technology to capture location, tracking and sensor data from the people, assets and systems within its operations....

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UK industry faces engineering workforce shortfall

A report into the UK engineering labour market published by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) reveals the challenges facing the industry’s workforce now and in the future, including the likely retirement of one in five UK engineers by 2026....

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