ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi, host the launch of William Hackett’s new lever hoist - SSL5. safety: enhanced built-in failure resilience. Patented quad pawl technology allows the SSL5 to operate safely should individual pawls or springs fail. With double the number of offset pawls in a lever hoist, from two to four, the load is spread securely…
HOUSTON, T.X., Nov 11, 2019 - GeoKimika Oil & Gas and The BrownWood Group announced today a partnership, in which the company will be the exclusive provider of on-site chemical testing and monitoring services for The BrownWood Group. GeoKimika Oil & Gas has become the leader in third-party chemical and water on-site testing, allowing real-time…
The EIA published its Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Here are some highlights. All items are in millions of barrels per day except inventories, which is billions total. Dates are defined as week ending averages, except utilization rate which is a four week ending average. The full report can be found here. Item 11/1/19 10/25/19 Refinery…
More news from the recent Breakbulk Conference held in Houston. This year marks the 60th anniversary of America’s first trans-Atlantic transport of liquefied natural gas — and it took place in Southwest Louisiana. The MV Methane Pioneer left Lake Charles on June 1, 1959, and arrived 15 days later at the Canvey Island Import Terminal…
This news comes as a real shock to me. I interviewed folks organizing the auction at OTC 2019 and they were marketing this auction very heavily. You can read that article here: Apex-Brasil Co-Organizes Educational Seminar At 50th Annual Offshore Technology Conference To Promote Brazil’s Upcoming Oil Auction Meanwhile, here is an excerpt from the…
This article was published by CNN on Nov 4, 2019. A good article if you consider what is happening to the US labor force. Below is an excerpt, and you can read the entire article here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/04/health/screen-time-lower-brain-development-preschoolers-wellness/index.html Screen time use by infants, toddlers and preschoolers has exploded over the last decade, concerning experts about the…
Arlington, VA, October 7, 2019—Kathryn Clay, president of the International Liquid Terminals Association, today welcomed the Surface Transportation Board’s October 7 proposed rule to address unfair demurrage billing practices but cautioned that the proposal may not go far enough in practice to solve the problems faced by some in the terminal industry. “ILTA appreciates that…
