New versions of the type 9170 switching repeater and the type 9175 digital output provide increased safety while transferring intrinsically safe binary signals: for the first time, they ensure complete, consistent error monitoring of every channel from the field to
First deputy head of government Igor Sechin and energy minister Sergey Shmatko have visited Tyumen. Accompanied by Tyumen region governor, Vladimir Yakushev, they visited OJSC "Siberian Center of Research and Analysis". Established in December 1996, the Center provides a full
R. STAHL provides a space- and cost-saving eight spur fieldbus barrier which enables users to connect intrinsically safe FISCO devices in Foundation Fieldbus H1 and Profibus PA environments. In typical fieldbus segments with up to 16 devices, the barriers require
R. STAHL's new, extremely compact type 9418 terminating resistor is suitable for explosion-protected FF H1 and Profibus PA installations. Two models for use in Zone 1 and Zone 21 are available: an Ex i terminator for intrinsically safe/FISCO fieldbus installations,
ASSETT dynamic simulator for operator training for Statfjord A, B and CStatoilHydro has awarded Kongsberg Maritime a contract for the delivery of Operator Training Simulators for the Statfjord field in Norway. The simulators are due for delivery in April 2009.
A simmering row between BP and the billionaire local shareholders in the company's Russian joint venture, TNK-BP, has burst into the open. Yesterday BP and the Russian shareholders were forced to acknowledge differences over strategy, with the Russian billionaires who
The reasons for the global food crisis are manifold, including rising consumption in fast-developing nations like China and India, droughts in Australia, the rising cost of oil, and the increasing use of crops for fuel. But more than any of
according to Head of Comission on AIC of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Ivan Obolentsev. Referring to the estimations of Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, he reported, that domestic agriculture may increase its g...
France called on the G7 on Tuesday to press oil-producing nations to boost their output in a bid to bring down prices that have reached record highs and thrown a spanner in oil-fired economies. Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said she
Sweden's government on Tuesday approved the building of the largest offshore wind farm in the Scandinavian country and one of the biggest in Europe, the environment ministry said in a statement. "The government has authorised the building... of a maximum
Australia's rural economic forecaster has challenged predictions the world is about to run out of oil, saying ithas enough to last for at least another 30 years. ABARE chief Phillip Glyde told a Senate estimates committee yesterday that the peak-oil
Indonesia will withdraw from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries as it has become a net oil importer, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Wednesday. "During the budget planning meeting, the president mentioned that we have to withdraw
A revolt of some sort in Lagos and other parts of the country among a section of power consumers may have commenced with their refusal to pay electricity bills of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) owing to the
Scotland's drive to develop new sources of renewable energy took a leap forward yesterday as the first tidal-power-driven electricity was connected to the National Grid. The milestone was achieved by OpenHydro, an Irish-based renewable-energy company, whose tidal turbine device was
European leaders are struggling to defuse growing anger over soaring fuel prices, as fisherman and truck drivers staged protests in several countries, with more strikes planned in coming days. Fishermen and truck drivers were in the vanguard of the protests
A $10 increase in the price of a barrel of oil can lower GDP by about 0.2 percent. New York - Obviously, the sharp rise in the price of oil $80 a barrel higher than a year ago has major,
