An industry first, Senscient’s new ELDS Series Open Path Gas Detectors (OPGDs) feature truly false-alarm free flammable and toxic gas detection. ELDS gas detectors, scheduled to begin shipping in the first quarter of 2009, solve a problem common in the oil and gas industry: unreliable readings causing false alarms that cost millions of dollars in [...]

Enbridge Energy said an explosion in November that killed two workers in northwestern Minnesota happened after oil mist escaped from a coupling and was ignited by a heater.
Enbridge did its own investigation after the Nov. 28 blast. A federal investigation is not yet finished.
Enbridge said an exposed pipeline was not anchored properly. When it was [...]