Leak detection

Well-SENSE’s FLI technology marks its first round of offshore deployments

Submitted by Editorial on Tue, 2019-10-29 09:00

29th October 2019

Fiber optic technology delivers offshore applications four times faster than conventional wireline logging methods.

Sniffing out leaks

Submitted by Editorial on Thu, 2019-06-13 12:31

13th June 2019

Use of a police trained sniffer dog to detect gas leaks has saved a gas distributor over £100,000 over the past 18 months.

Andel launches two new products as the result of record £1.2M R&D investment

Submitted by Editorial on Thu, 2018-08-30 14:25

30th August 2018

Huddersfield-based Andel, Britain’s largest manufacturer of specialist in-building water, oil and gas leak detection systems, is to launch the first two in a raft of new products in the coming months as the result of a £1.2m combined research and development (R&D) investment over the last three years, a record spend for the company.

ExxonMobil’s XTO Energy Announces Progress on Methane Emissions Reduction Program

Submitted by Editorial on Tue, 2018-06-26 09:58

26th June 2018

ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy Inc. today said it has reduced methane emissions from its operations by 9 percent since 2016, demonstrating significant progress in its methane emissions reduction program and other initiatives.

CTG Pipeline Leak Detection System chosen by ECA Group, France

Submitted by Editorial on Fri, 2018-06-15 12:23

15th June 2018

ECA Group, France, leading providers of advanced unmanned and autonomous systems have chosen a CTG Pipeline Leak Detection System (PLD) to be employed in the role of subsea pipeline inspection and oil leakage detection.

ISO 17025 Laboratory Accreditation for The Sniffers

Submitted by The Sniffers on Thu, 2018-01-18 13:48

18th January 2018

The Sniffers is proud to announce to have received ISO 17025 Laboratory accreditation from BELAC, the Belgian accreditation body, for our Leak Detection programme.

DNV GL helps industry get ahead in offshore leak detection

Submitted by Mark Venables on Mon, 2016-05-02 08:37

02nd May 2016

Major oil spills can destroy lives, damage the environment and reduce public tolerance of hydrocarbon leaks even further.

Scott Safety dominates at ADIPEC 2015

Submitted by Editorial on Sun, 2015-11-08 09:24

08th November 2015

Visitors to this year’s ADIPEC show will have the opportunity to visit not one but two Scott Safety stands and benefit from speaking to experts across the whole range of Scott Safety products. The main Scott Safety product stand (Stand 13575) will showcase its world renowned Breathing Apparatus (BA) sets, respiratory protection in the form of half and full mask protection, a range of air purified products and its established head and sensory protection products.

North American pipeline companies ink JIP to develop aerial leak detection technology

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Tue, 2015-04-28 15:41

28th April 2015

Three North American pipeline industry leaders - Enbridge Pipelines Inc., TransCanada Corporation, and Kinder Morgan Canada - have signed a Joint Industry Partnership (JIP) agreement to conduct research into aerial-based leak detection technologies, in the interest of enhancing across-the-board pipeline safety

Kongsberg acquires underwater chemical sensors specialist Contros

Submitted by Editorial on Fri, 2015-03-27 16:44

27th March 2015

Kongsberg Maritime has acquired the remaining 90 per cent of the shares of the Germany based underwater chemical sensors specialist Contros Systems & Solutions GmbH