Poland Employs New Seismic Tech
The Polish state-controlled oil and gas company PGNiG said that its geophysical services provider Geofizyka Toruń SA became the first company in Europe to employ new seismic data acquisition technologies in searching for hydrocarbon deposits.The Polish oil and gas company said in a press release that the company is replacing the hitherto used cabled geophone networks with ultra-lightweight wireless nodal sensors.
New Wireless Gas Monitor Introduced
Emerson has introduced its first fully integrated wireless gas monitor in response to the critical need for monitoring of toxic hydrogen sulphide gas in wellheads, tank farms and other remote locations. The Rosemount 928 Wireless Gas Monitor is a fully integrated WirelessHART toxic gas monitoring solution designed to improves safety in areas and applications that were previously considered to be too expensive and difficult to monitor due to remote or difficult-to-access locations…
Draegerwerk to Buy Norwegian Gas Sensor Maker
German medical technology group Draegerwerk said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy GasSecure, a Norwegian maker of wireless gas detectors, for between 55 million and 60 million euros ($59.2-64.6 million). Draegerwerk said it was buying the shares from venture capital companies and GasSecure employees. It said GasSecure's wireless technology, geared among other toward the oil and gas sectors, had advantages…
