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  • Innovative use of robots and unmanned aerial vehicles at Sellafield

    24 March 2023

    The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is working with Sellafield Ltd on the deployment of robots and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the Cumbrian site. It is part of the licensee’s drive to accelerate hazard risk reduction through new and innovative approaches within the industry, which ONR supports....

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  • The Hazardex Awards

    06 February 2023

    The Hazardex Awards programme has long been a benchmark for those supplying products, services and systems within hazardous areas. The awards offer Hazardex readers the ability to play their part in raising awareness and standards across the sector by nominating a company, product or service, entering their vote, and encouraging colleagues to do likewise....

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  • The February 2023 issue of Hazardex is now available!

    03 February 2023

    The February 2023 issue of Hazardex is now available to read online! The issue includes features on Security, Risk Assessment, and Asset Management, as well as PPTEx Supplement #19 with articles on Tracking and Assisted Reality. Read it now!...

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  • Using assisted reality wearables to combat carbon emissions and rising energy costs

    31 January 2023

    Due to the global climate crisis and the more recent energy crisis, businesses are in need of a rethink regarding how they utilise their resources in order to reach net zero targets and reduce costs in response to soaring energy prices....

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  • A cost effective solution to location tracking

    31 January 2023

    As companies operating in the process industries are progressing with their new digitalisation strategies, an increasing number of Wi-Fi based use-cases and initiatives are being deployed. The layout of the Wi-Fi infrastructure will generally be optimised for device connectivity, to cover the largest area with the fewest Access Points (AP), bandwidth requirements permitting....

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Robots will be the oil and gas industry’s growth engine, new report says 03 January 2023

Advances in modular and customizable robots is expected to result in growing deployment of robotics in the oil and gas industry, says data and analytics company GlobalData. Automation enables extensive inspection and maintenance tasks to be conducted while feeding back data to help limit operational costs and improve efficiency which is leading to the volume of robotics use cases in oil & gas growing rapidly....

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Stepping up smart safety on the frontlines 08 November 2022

Frontline workers make up 80% of the global workforce and are at the heart of many process industries like oil and gas, petrochemicals, mining, manufacturing and the food & beverage sector. Despite their numbers, they’ve been historically underserved when it comes to technology and just 1% of venture capital funding is invested in tooling that empowers frontliners to do their best work and stay safe in the hazardous environments they operate in....

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The challenge of detecting hydrogen gas 08 November 2022

Hydrogen (H2) is set to play a vital role in producing cleaner energy. Specifically, within the UK where the government has set a target to create a thriving hydrogen economy by 2030. Seen as a greener way of living, countries such as Japan, South Korea and China are also on course to make significant progress in H2 development. The European Commission has also presented a hydrogen strategy in which H2 could provide for 24% of the world’s energy by 2050.

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The November 2022 issue of Hazardex is now available! 01 November 2022

The November 2022 issue of Hazardex is now available to read online! The issue includes features on Downstream, Hazard Assessment, Cybersecurity, as well as PPTEx Supplement #18 with articles on Smart Safety and Hydrogen. Read it now!...

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Protecting worker health and wellbeing on oil and gas pipelines 12 August 2022

Protecting workers is a requirement of any employer or workplace, but when your industry involves hazardous materials, difficult or dangerous working scenarios or risk of exposure to harmful compounds, the stakes are much higher....

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