The Explosive Atmospheres Directive (ATEX 137) is a European Union Directive which requires employers to protect workers from the risk of explosive atmospheres. The ATEX Directive was ratified and its...
Catastrophic results can occur when a fire or a flammable/toxic gas release goes undetected in any petrochemical facility. For early warning and prompt hazard mitigation, flame detectors and gas detec...
Confined space entry always presents a potential hazard and unnecessary accidents can be avoided by having a robust procedure in place. It is imperative to ensure that workers are fully trained and pr...
Where the temperature of plant cooling water cannot be guaranteed and, faced with the inevitable cost of treating this water before disposal, refiners and fuel suppliers are looking for alternative wa...
Optical flame detection has progressed to meet the ever-growing demands for maximum reliability, availability and minimal false alarm events and is widely employed in many high risk industries, such a...
Gas detection has come a long way since its inception nearly 60 years ago. Technology has permitted the emergence of a variety of sensing principles and has also enabled devices to become more user-f...
The offshore industry operates in some of the most dangerous environments in the world. Hazards are expected in this environment and must be controlled.
A rig worker smells rotten eggs near the well head, rubs his itchy eyes as he investigates the frosty pipe connections. After a few moments, he believes all is fine as he no longer smells the tell-ta...
READING THE (ATEX) INSTRUCTIONS A question we regularly get asked at Baseefa, and one which directly affects both manufacturers and installers of Ex Equipment, is about the permissible form in which...
The writing of this article follows on the heels of a meeting between the author and the Chief Deputy Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The purpose of that meeting was to investig...