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  • Pipeline company fined £2.3m after workers put at risk of death

    28 March 2023

    A major pipeline transportation company has been fined £2.3million for safety breaches after its employees were exposed to risk of serious injury and even death while working on a leaking pipeline containing petrol under pressure....

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  • Rolls-Royce SMR to explore joint opportunities for small modular reactors in Finland and Sweden

    28 March 2023

    Rolls-Royce SMR and Fortum have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly explore the opportunities for the deployment of small modular reactors (SMR) in Finland and Sweden. The talks are the latest to take place between Rolls-Royce SMR and European nations following similar agreements with customers in Poland and Czechia....

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  • North Sea offshore firms cutting investment, new report warns

    28 March 2023

    The North Sea could power the UK for decades, but a mix of windfall taxes and political uncertainty is driving away the billions of pounds of investments needed to maintain oil and gas production now and create low carbon energy in the future, says a new report from Offshore Energies UK (OEUK)....

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  • Seven dead following US chocolate factory explosion

    27 March 2023

    An explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania, US killed seven people on March 24. The incident happened at a plant owned by chocolate manufacturer R.M. Palmer in the town of West Reading, around 60 miles (97km) northwest of Philadelphia....

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  • Onshore oil field spill leaks into UK harbour

    27 March 2023

    An oil leak occurred from an onshore well site operated by Perenco in Dorset, southern England on March 26. Anglo-French oil company Perenco said that the spill occurred at one of its well sites in Wytch Farm and led to around 200 barrels of reservoir fluid leaking into Poole Harbour....

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Hazardex Live! 2023 event review 25 March 2023

The well attended Hazardex Live! 2023 exhibition, conference & awards evening took place on 1st & 2nd March 2023 at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, UK. Watch the event review video now and visit www.hazardex-event.co.uk for the latest information on our future events!...

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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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First projects selected to support green innovation and help decarbonise North Sea 24 March 2023

Crown Estate Scotland has announced the results of the world’s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms. INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing aims to attract investment in innovative offshore wind projects in Scottish waters, as well as help decarbonise North Sea operations....

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Oil and gas waste company fined after employee suffers fatal injury 24 March 2023

The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to an oil and gas company after federal investigators found an employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulphide while working near a sump pit in September 2022....

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Investigation finds BP at fault for fatal US refinery explosion that killed two 17 March 2023

A federal investigation into two workers' fatal burns at an Oregon, Ohio, refinery's crude unit has found its operator, BP Products North America Inc. violated the US Department of Labor's process safety procedures for highly hazardous materials and failed to adequately train the workers....

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