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  • Gin distiller fined for explosion that injured eight people

    31 October 2024

    An Australian winery and gin distiller has been fined $50,000 (£25,000) after an explosion and fireball injured workers and customers during a 'distiller for a day' experience. Buller Wines, based in the town of Rutherglen in Victoria, was sentenced without conviction in the Wodonga Magistrates' Court on 30 October....

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  • New regulations for transporting batteries

    31 October 2024

    Updated dangerous goods regulations will come into force on 1 January 2025. They will introduce new UN numbers for dangerous goods and new regulations for transporting batteries, for example. A transitional period will apply for the first half of 2025. The exception is air transport, where most of the new regulations must be implemented from the start of the year....

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  • UK confirms funding for CCUS and 11 hydrogen projects

    31 October 2024

    The UK’s Labour Government confirmed around £2 billion of funding for 11 new green hydrogen projects across England, Scotland and Wales in its August Budget on 30 October. Chancellor Rachel Reeves made the announcement during her Budget speech to the House of Commons where she also confirmed £3.9 billion of funding for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCUS) in 2025-26 for Track-1 CCUS projects....

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  • Reward a hazardous area company by nominating for the Hazardex Awards 2025 - DEADLINE TODAY!

    31 October 2024

    The nomination period for the industry's most prestigious accolades is now OPEN! Get your nominations in before 31 October to reward those that you think are most deserving of recognition - remember, nominating a company is completely FREE! There are four categories to nominate for with winners announced following a Gala Dinner at Hazardex Live 2025 on 26 February. Nominate now!...

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  • 48 officials punished following fatal petrochemical blast that killed 13

    29 October 2024

    A total of 48 officials in China have been punished in relation to a January 2023 explosion at a petrochemical plant which killed 13 people and left 35 injured. The incident occurred at an alkylation facility operated by Panjin Haoye Chemical Co Ltd in the city of Panjin, Liaoning Province....

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New guidance published for hydrogen pipelines 29 October 2024

The Emerging Fuels Institute (EFI) of the Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) has completed a Consensus Engineering Requirement (CER) project to translate and update the pipeline language from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B31.12 Hydrogen Pipelines Standard to establish a new exception chapter for hydrogen pipelines in the ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems Standard....

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190,000 litre sewage tank explodes in US 28 October 2024

A sewage tank exploded in Connecticut, US on 22 October after flammable gas found an ignition source. Fortunately, state police said no one was injured in the incident and there was no fire as a result....

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SSE and EET Hydrogen partner on green hydrogen production facility in North West England 24 October 2024

Two leading energy companies have united to develop a new green hydrogen production facility in the North West of England. SSE and EET Hydrogen have begun development work on the project at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. Known as Gowy Green Hydrogen, it takes its name from the River Gowy and nearby Gowy Meadows Nature Reserve....

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Oil leak at Shell Energy and Chemical Park Singapore has stopped 22 October 2024

Energy major Shell has confirmed that around 30-40 metric tonnes of slop, a mixture of oil and water, leaked from a pipeline at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park on Bukom island in Singapore on 20 October. No one was injured in the incident and operations were unaffected, however the company said it was taking steps to clean up a spill in a nearby water channel....

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Cosmetics firm fined after inspection finds serious failings 22 October 2024

A cosmetics company in Yorkshire, UK has been fined more than £60,000 after an inspection by Britain’s workplace regulator uncovered serious electrical failings. Inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) conducted an unannounced inspection at the premises of Sabel Cosmetics in Halifax on 5 July 2022....

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